4 Ways Our Data is Used After We Die | WIRED

What happens to our digital data after we die? Futurist Sinead Bovell explores the emerging space known as the digital afterlife from three different angles; what happens to our data, how can it take on a life of its own, and what does it mean to be digitally immortal.

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[hwoods-kgjf]

I lost one of my best friends to suicide in 2010 and the only way I can interact with them is through their Facebook page. I would be devastated if they deleted his account! I've often wondered about my digital footprint when I die so this video is very interesting! I have it set up so my boyfriend of 12 years now can get into my account and let people know in the event of my death. It's important to me. Especially since my boyfriend and I are recovering addicts and all it takes is one bad day to cause a relapse and we can be dead. It's a scary disease to have but we've been sober a long time now (thank god!) but yesterday I was struggling with my sobriety really badly but I made it through to another day sober! #wedorecover

[marvelmaximus]

Bruh this was literally a black mirror episode. Amazing and terrifying at the same time.

[violetskies]

I'm chronically ill and disabled with a dozen medical conditions and depression so realistically I'm not here for a long life and I think I kinda like the idea of my family being able to interact with a digital me. We're really close, I adore them and worry about what would happen if I died. It would be nice to know there was a version of me out there to let them know I love them and will do forever.

[Caperhere]

Social media companies should offer an option to delete one’s account completely. Platforms such as Facebook, etc. doesn’t take long to see why they wouldn’t want to do that. Just try deleting Facebook. It doesn’t go away, you just can’t access it anymore.

[carolfigueirars]

My mom passed away last year, she wasn't really on social media just Gmail, YouTube, WhatsApp and Pinterest. I check her e-mail once in a while, there is not much in it since she deleted most things.

[RobertoChiaveri]

“Death tech leader” is an amazing job description

[arvin]

Imagine uploading your conscious after you die . You will never die but the problem is death is part of life. I want to die and i want people to forget me and move on.

[Lady_Crispr]

After my sister was killed we had to go back and get pages pretending to be her taken down over and over. Still do sometimes. People are disgusting. Had one pretending to be her offering to do nanny/babysitting jobs. That still bothers me. Had to be some kind of trafficking right?

[LostMekka]

The AI chatbot somehow reminds me of that mortician episode where he explained why there is no taxidermy for humans, because you would notice all the small details that were done wrong and this mass of wrong details would either land you in the uncanny valley, or result in a completely different person. IMO, a chatbot with currently collectable data would still be very inaccurate when it comes to details. If you have lived together with someone for a long amount of time, you will have some microbehaviors that are unique to your relationship. The AI will have a hard time recreating those, unless you were under full surveillance all this time and every second of that were used as training data.

[d.robertdigman]

I think it should be up to the person who may end up being recreated. Did they give their explicit consent? If not, then it should not be permitted. When I die, I want my loved ones to let me go, to say "goodbye" and let go, getting on with their lives. Anyone faking me is getting in the way of my loved ones' grief and I will crawl out of my grave to slap such people across the face!

[m-yz]

I think these neuroscientists should ask themselves, ,should we do this?" Instead of asking, ,can we do this?"

[tyu]

It is important to note that that all is based on digital data. Are recreations based on social media reflect the true personality of the subscriber? AI interpolation operates on the premise that the farmed data is valid. I believe advances in technology will have a tremendous effect extending life via AI, but it is not the answer to man’s quest for immortality.

[killingfield]

That "Y" branch is a terrifying concept. What if half of someone recognizes there's another half and creates Skynet to "monitor" or "influence" or "control" or kill the other half, you know, just in case.

[brittany]

So informative and interesting!! Something I've personally never thought of. Can't wait for more videos like this!

[TerrorBlade]

Thank you Sinead for making this awesome content. Ever since you popped on my fypage I had to follow you.

[lightningangel]

It dont matter to me, just delete my browser history once im gone...

[jupiterwilkymay]

'Are you really entitled to inherit your wife?' wow...loaded question!

[brucewayne]

So glad to see you lead this series and these crucial conversations

[Cierra-shwy]

The thought of y memories uploaded is chilling. There are memories in there that are so beautifully untainted and magical in essence I could never think to have them shared.

[andromeda]

As a spiritual ( NOT religious lol) person, i think this is horrible. The whole point of living this life in my opinion is to live it the best you can, and see what happens next once living this life is over. Its a suuuper fascinating concept to possibly have this almost digital copy of yourself “live” on after youre gone for others to see. I just dont personally think it should be anything more than a concept