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I've long thought that somebody should write an app called "recycle me" for folks, like me, that post a lot on social media. It could just run your posts again in a loop, much like TV does reruns. If you had ten years or more of posts, it might even accomplish something like a poor man's immortality: you'd always be interacting with people, even people that weren't alive when you died. One can even imagine this being two-way: taking this to the next level by analyzing your online conversations and extrapolating what sorts of votes and comments you might make on new posts.



After playing with CleverBot for a while a few years ago, some colleagues and I created a clone that we chatted with, training it for months.

Chatting with it now is a lot like chatting with one of us. Granted, it doesn't always make sense, but the style of responses comes through.


For people who post online heavily, I don't think this is as far away as some might believe.

Sure, it's not going to convince folks you're still alive, but it might provide entertainment to the great-great-great grandkids, let them know what you were like.


This idea (taken to its extreme) is the premise for a Black Mirror episode: http://vimeo.com/61215171




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