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Kim Komando Today

She passed away. Then he turned her into an AI chatbot

Kim Komando Today

WestStar Multimedia Entertainment, Inc

News, Tech News, Technology

4.8770 Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

When tragedy struck, Joshua Barbeau decided to cope with the death of his girlfriend by creating an AI chatbot based on her personality. In this episode, Kim sits down with him as well as developer Jason Rohrer, who created an AI program you can use to create your own personalized chatbots for just $5. It’s creepy and insanely fascinating at the same time.

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0:00.0

And this is the first time in my life that I've ever encountered something that felt spookily conscious.

0:09.0

You know, there's no feeling like falling in love.

0:11.5

Love uplifts you, it carries you through the hardest of days.

0:14.7

But what happens when that love is torn away from you unexpectedly?

0:17.6

What happens when life snatches away your happiness and shatters it into

0:21.5

a million pieces? Grief moves in to stay, that's for sure, and it's not leaving anytime soon.

0:27.1

I know this firsthand. I'm going to tell you more about me dealing with incredible grief,

0:31.7

with a man who I loved in just a bit. I heard a beautiful quote the other day, grief is love

0:36.0

with nowhere to go. But what if you could

0:38.3

bring that dead person back to life, at least their mind, using today's technology? I'm talking

0:43.5

about artificial intelligence. Well, in this Kim Commando explains, we're going to introduce you to a man who

0:48.9

used AI to help cope with the loss of his fiance. This is an incredible story using a $5

0:54.7

program called Project December. He crafted an entire online personality based upon the love

1:00.8

of his life. He programmed a bunch of her memories and mannerisms into a computer

1:04.8

simulation to feel like he was actually talking to her again. Can a homemade chatbot provide

1:09.7

some much needed comfort in times

1:11.6

of grief? I wanted to know, so I invited the man Joshua Barbot onto this podcast to share a story.

1:17.6

You're also going to hear from the developer who made all of this possible. His chatbot creation

1:22.6

program is available for anyone to buy and use, which means if you're determined enough, you too could create a chatbot

1:28.7

of a dead loved one and feel like you're actually speaking with them again. And it only costs $5.

1:34.4

I'm really excited to share this episode with you. It's a great one. And coming up, you're going to

1:38.8

learn how a love story cut too short led to the invention of a new chatbot AI program.

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