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Eternal You
Saturday, May 4, 2024 8:45 PM
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If you could talk to loved ones you’ve lost, would you? Should you? Driven by AI and Big Data, tech startups are racing to develop digital doppelgangers with the promise of immortality and raising questions around love, loss and memory.
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Imagine you were given the opportunity to talk to your loved ones in the afterlife. With advancements in AI technology, several companies around the world are now trying to source and sell this dream to the living who seek a dialogue with those who have passed away. By implementing and coding people’s memories, online profiles and personal data, digital doppelgängers are created to give a sense of immortality to the dead. Some software manages to mimic the late person exceptionally well. But how accurate can these avatars be overall? What if you’re having a “conversation” with the person you’re grieving, and they don’t say what you want to hear? In the rapidly expanding technological world, these companies are attempting to provide comfort; here, their goals are outlined alongside those of the clients who seek out their services. Eternal life may not be possible; these days, however, it can be coded.

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Film Info
Runtime:86
Copyright:2024
Country Listing:Germany
USA
Premiere Status:Canadian Premiere
Landing Page:https://hotdocs.ca/whats-on/hot-docs-festival/films/2024/eternal-you
Cinema Extra
Status:KenticoInclude
Festival Info
Festival Year:2024
Language:English
Korean
Accessibility:Partial Subtitles
Closed Captions
Audio Description
Program Category:Emergence
Film Subjects:Capitalism & Big Business
Love & Relationships
Mortality & Loss
Science & Technology
Cast/Crew Info
Director(s):Hans Block
Moritz Riesewieck
Producer(s):Christian Beetz
Georg Tschurtschenthaler
Executive Producer(s):Kathrin Isberner
Anna Godas
Oli Harbottle
Julie Goldman
Chris Clements
Jenny Raskin
Kelsey Koenig
Editor(s):Anne Jünemann
Lisa Zoe Geretschläger
Cinematography:Tom Bergmann
Konrad Waldmann
Music:Gregor Keienburg
Raffael Seyfried