A Canadian’s plan to bring his late celebrity wife back to life in AI form has raised a host of ethical questions about prolonging human existence in the digital universe.

Alan Hamel, a Canadian entertainer and longtime TV personality, recently told People he’s created an “AI twin” of Hollywood star Suzanne Somers, his wife and partner of 55 years who passed away in 2023 from breast cancer.

Hamel, 89, told People the AI bot was trained on Somers’s books and interviews, “so that she's really ready to be able to be asked any question at all and be able to answer it."

He said the bot was Somers's idea and they talked about it for years before she died. He said her AI likeness will exist on her website in the near future, where it will converse around the clock with fans who miss her.

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