Hologram Crackers

“Some future company executive deciding whether to accept an acquisition bid might pull out her cell phone, open a chat window, and pose the question to the late CEO. The digital avatar, created by an artificial-intelligence platform that analyzes personal data and correspondence, might detect that the CEO had a bad relationship with the acquiring company’s execs. ‘I’m not a fan of that company’s leadership,” the avatar might say, and the screen would go red to indicate disapproval.” MIT Tech Review: How your life’s data means a version of you could live forever.
Vox: No industry is weirder than the dead celebrity hologram industry.

+ Actors are digitally preserving themselves to continue their careers beyond the grave.