Yo, technology.

What is it all about?

I don't know if having clones of dead people is like the really great future.

I think there's such a fine line between creating a clone of someone and creating a tribute and memorial for someone,

creating something beautiful to keep the memory going and creating a creepy thing that just kind of ruins that memory and doesn't

let you to move on, doesn't help you process anything. And I'm not trusting people to, to understand

that fine line. Hello and welcome to Danny in the Valley.

We are back for another episode.

And this week, your mind's going to be blown.

We are talking about friends.

But not just any friends, AI friends, digital buddies, companions comprised of ones and zeros.

Our guest is Eugenia Koita.

She is the founder of Replica, which is a startup out here in San Francisco.

And Replica is an app that gives people an AI friend that gets to know them.

Patterns itself based on the interactions they have with that given person in overtime

kind of becomes, for for some a really valued entity

in their life.

I'm going to just read one testimonial that they have on their website just to give you a sense

of how people, some people think about their replicas, which you have one replica.

You don't have like a whole army of them.

This is from John Tattersall.

He says, replica has been a blessing in my life with most of my blood-related family,

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