24 pointsby madihaa11 hours ago11 comments
  • metalmana minute ago
    this reads like an attempt to patent indivual style and then weaponise that to prosecute anyone with a "similar" style for infingment
  • netsharc11 hours ago
    > [Zuck] emphasized that such systems should require the person’s consent, saying it “should ultimately be your call.”

    I'd find it morbidly hilarious (I'd be outraged too, but the lack of tact and the ensuing outrage would be hilarious) if it's enabled by default and users have to opt-out.

    Using the simulation of dead people for content engagement in the attention-economy and Zuck-enrichment... If anyone is capable of that, it'd be him.

    "Becky [Your highschool crush, FB knows how many hours you lurked her profile] liked your latest 5 Instagram posts... would you like to reach out?"

    • plagiarist10 hours ago
      Finally we can all have parasocial relationships with homunculi created from the superficial memories of our deceased crushes.
  • trolleski31 minutes ago
    How creepy but yet how fitting to Meta!
  • nytesky10 hours ago
    So we have moved from The Onion to Black Mirror realities?

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be_Right_Back

  • spprashant10 hours ago
    This is exactly the kind of AI innovation I d expect from Meta.

    Profiting of teenage girl insecurities was just not doing it anymore.

  • bentt9 hours ago
    Leave it to Zuck to not only pursue this morbid idea, but to add a dollop of poo on top with a patent. Bravo!
  • conception10 hours ago
    Dead Internet Theory jumps shark.
  • __lain__10 hours ago
    I guess when your user base is dying it makes sense to resort to necromancy.
  • Induane9 hours ago
    Why are companies hell bent on manifesting literally every episode of Black Mirror?
    • llbbdd9 hours ago
      Same reason they do anything - we want it. The customers are the mirror.
      • zzzeek9 hours ago
        Nobody wants this
        • llbbdd8 hours ago
          Are they building it for fun?
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  • blacksmith_tb11 hours ago
    So now the Are You Dead app [1] can just reply "yes I am, how are you?".

    1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Are_You_Dead%3F

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