Digital Cloning: Rise of the Cylons? | Network World

Privacy and Security Fanatic: Digital Cloning: Rise of the Cylons? | Network World: "Have you ever wished to once again be able to talk with a loved one who has died? Hasn't everybody wished it were possible to be in two places at once? Well, as of today, now you can. Intellitar is making software so you can create your own AI of a virtual you.

Hotmail, Gmail, Twitter and Facebook have policies on how they handle virtual affairs after death. Most of those are about pulling the plug on your virtual life, but what about plugging into the Matrix before you die, so you can social network after death and thereby live forever? This is your chance to create 'living legacies' with 'digital clones.'

Somewhere between epically cool and downright creepy, you can create a digital clone that looks like you, talks like you, sounds like you and takes on your personality, so that future generations can find out all about you after your death. This Intellitar, or intelligent avatar, takes virtual life after death to an entirely different plateau.

'Think of it as a digital clone,' Don Davidson, the founder and CEO of Intellitar, told Alabama Local. 'We want to give users the gift of immortality while giving future generations a sense of connection to their roots.' Davidson intends for Virtual Eternity to take genealogy websites to a whole new level."