Futurist Ray Kurzweil is developing an AI replica of himself, trained on 11 of his books and countless hours of recordings, with the aim of preserving his ideas and personality after he dies.
Artificial intelligence · Personal AI replicas
Ray Kurzweil is building an AI replica of himself to carry his ideas forward
The futurist's digital model is trained on 11 of his books and a large body of recorded speech, with the aim of keeping his ideas and personality accessible after he dies.
Training inputs
11 books, plus a large volume of recordings
Book 1
Book 2
Book 3
Book 4
Book 5
Book 6
Book 7
Book 8
Book 9
Book 10
Book 11
Published books: 11
Each block is one of the 11 published books the system was trained on. Block height is shown for counting only; it does not measure length or content.
11
published books used as written source material
Large volume
of recorded speech and other material, used alongside the books
How the replica is meant to work
From his writing to questions from the public
1. Source material
Books and recorded speech
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2. Model built
Trained to reflect how he thinks and speaks
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3. Ideas kept accessible
People can question the digital version directly
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4. Interpretation
Answers come from a system, not the person
Questions the reporting leaves open
A replica can copy phrasing. Judgment is harder to capture.
Fidelity
How faithfully does the model capture judgment, not just how he phrases things?
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