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Eternal life — thanks to audio AI?
DW (English)
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9/20/2024
Before Michael Bommer died, he worked with a US startup to train an audio AI in his own voice. Now artificial intelligence can speak in his place, telling stories from his life and holding conversations.
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Ternus helps me to really find a closure to the story of my life, right, to really kind
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of, this is the story, this is it, this is I, this is what I have.
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And then taking exactly this closure and making it available for my wife, for my kids, even
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for grandkids which are not yet there, is a feeling of great relief.
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To make sure the model was as realistic as possible, the AI needed a lot of training
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data.
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The hardest part in all of this, believe it or not, is audio emotion.
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We have you read about 300 phrases, someone like, I love you, the other one, shut the
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door, the other one's like, wow.
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So we capture all your emotional states and then we compile that into a voice AI.
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The first step was creating a visual model.
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If you're ready to get started, I recommend answering the questions in the relationship
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category.
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Would you like to do that?
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Biographical facts as well as personal stories and opinions are recorded.
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That way, the AI can communicate more effectively down the line.
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Feel free to reach out.
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Have a great day.
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It is very emotional.
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You're thinking about the highs of your life and you're thinking about the lows of your
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life and relive them and you're thinking very, very, very hard on how do you want to be remembered.
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His wife, Annette Bommer, was given access to the AI after he died.
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When she feels lonely in the evenings, she might ask for a few last words before bed
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and hear Michael's AI-generated voice like in this demo.
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Remember that I'm always here for you and I look forward to sharing many more beautiful
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moments together.
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Sleep well, my dear, and have sweet dreams.
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