Michael Bommer is dying, and I don’t mean in the sense that everyone is eventually destined to shrug off this mortal coil. The 60-year-old German man is in the terminal stages of untreatable cancer and he might not even make it to the time you read this article. But Mr. Bommer does not intend to leave his family alone without having him to keep them company. He worked with a company called Eternos.life to upload a “comprehensive, interactive AI version of himself.” The clone reportedly contains all of Bommer’s memories, experiences, and insights and his family members can interact with it, asking questions or sharing the events of their lives. We’ll share a video report including some examples of the clone in action below, but am I the only one who finds this horrifying? The following description comes from the Eternos website.
Michael Bommer, a 60-year-old from Germany diagnosed…
