Artificial Intelligence Will Keep Our Loved Ones Alive

Interactive simulations of real people are no longer the stuff of science fiction

Your A.I. friend Replika. Credit: Replica (via website)

After Eugenia Kuyda’s closest friend died in a car accident, she decided to build a monument to him. She gathered text messages Roman Mazurenko had sent her and convinced his friends and family to do the same. Eventually, Kuyda, a…