Are We Ready For AI-Powered People?

The line between the digital and physical is blurring.

Humanity is starting to question what it means to be human. All facets of our lives are under scrutiny, including what it means to be a biological being.

Part of this is caused by our massive shift into the digital world. The capabilities are light years ahead of where they were a decade ago.

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For the last few decades, avatars have captured our imagination. We saw a very successful film by the same name. At the same time, platforms such as Second Life were extremely popular.

Technology is going to take this to the next level. The question is whether humanity is ready for this or not?

Over the past couple years, we saw a number of "breakthroughs". There is a Chinese media outlet that has a digitally generated "anchorman". This avatar provides the news 24/7 without any need for interruption.

Well known personalities such as Anthony Robbins and Will-I-Am are creating digital avatars of themselves in an effort to multiply their abilities to engage with more people.

Last year, a company started to attack the stock photo markets by generating thousands of "people" who do not exist. These photos were available for download to be used in marketing pieces.

There are now AI-powered singers, individuals who are not human.

This is a trend that is going to continue. As technology keeps improving, we will see this increasing. Hollywood studios will start to cast their films using digital actors. In the next few years, it will not be a surprise to for movie "stars" to be digitally generated.

This is going to be a part of our future. The line between the virtual and reality will continue to blur.