What's next in AI: Can we become virtually immortal? Do we want to?

What's clear now is that people are starting to experiment - blurring the lines between lives that are already largely online, and the new entirely synthetic future, where digital twins could potentially last forever. — Image by freepik

Question: If you could create an AI twin of yourself, would you?

Such an avatar could be trained on your memories and mannerisms. It could converse with friends and colleagues. And it could live on long after you die.