October 3, 2024
I spoke to a 60-year-old AI version of myself and it was….
MIT Media Lab says, ‘It's not a prophesy, but rather a possibility.’It’s a Wednesday afternoon and I’ve just spent the past 15 minutes texting with a 60-year-old, AI-generated version of myself. My AI future self, which was trained on survey questions I filled out moments before, has just finished spamming me with a string of messages advising me to “stay true” to myself and follow my passions. My 60-year-old AI doppleganger described a fulfilled if slightly boring life. But things suddenly took a turn when I probed the AI about its biggest regrets. After a brief pause, the AI spits out another message explaining how my professional ambitions had led me to neglect my mother in favor of completing my first book. “She passed away unexpectedly before my book was even published and that was a wake up call for me,” my AI self wrote. MIT’s Media Lab
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