Before we had kids, my wife and I had an African Grey parrot named “Zeke.” Big, beautiful grey with a bright red tail.
Watch out, though, because he’d lure you in to pet his head and then, wham!! He’d try to take your finger off.
Like most greys, he could speak certain words and phrases. Not only could he speak, but he could mimic my voice. He was so good that he’d often fool my wife from the other room with short one or two-word outbursts.
It was crazy.
Now AI can do it even better. I just gave it a try. It’s still a little awkward, and you can definitely tell it’s not the real you, but it’s awfully close.
I’ve already thought about, and continue to think about, the question of “Would you want an AI version of you?“
(My answer is yes.)
But this fully realized version of me/you is still for the future. Today’s LLMs cannot realize that functional version of you — yet.
It’s coming.
The question remains, “Would you want an AI version of you?”
