
His company, You, Only Virtual is part of a growing worldwide 'grief tech' industry harnessing AI to attempt to replace what has naturally departed. The Guardian visited him and one of his clients to attempt to understand his aims, how realistic they may become as the technology develops – and what it says about humanity if we are to be so easily replicated digitally. It's probably only a matter of time until the human race will have a digital replica of a human with all the internet available and the big number of comments to articles, full articles or videos about that person.
Video chapters:
00:00 What is GriefTech?
00:50 Meeting their maker
03:35 Death in Venice
05:31 Making contact
06:54 Loneliness
08:29 Robodad
11:15 The future