Microsoft patent shows tech to create chatbots of dead people
(Windows Phone Central)

Microsoft may be watching too much Black Mirror. What you need to know A Microsoft patent describes technology to create chatbots of specific people. The technology could be used to create chatbots of dead people, fictional characters, and relatives. Similar technology has appeared in media, such as Black Mirror. In one of the more bizarre stories that we`ll cover this week, a Microsoft Patent recently emerged for technology that could be used to create chatbots of dead people (via The Independent). The technology would use content such as `images, voice data, social media posts, [and] electronic messages` to create a chatbot that simulates a specific person. The concept of AI being used to replicate dead people isn`t new. It was famously shown off in the episode `Be Right Back` of Black Mirror. Microsoft`s patent even describes tech to create 2-D or 3-D models of a specific person based on images, depth information, and videos. If this patent does lead to any tangible tech, ...