Marina Smith is a woman from 87 years old that died in June and people who have opportunity to attend your own funeral and even answer questions audience thanks a Artificial intelligence.

In life Smith was an activist to support the victims disasterin addition to creating his own non-profit foundation called Marina H. Smith Foundation.

Son, doctor Stephen Smithtasked with bringing his mother back to the core for a special event with the help of technology at a time that took more than one participant by surprise.

Marina Smith and her appearance at her own funeral

Stephen Smith is the CEO and founder Story Filesa technology company that develops Artificial intelligence which allowed her mother Marina to interact with those who visited her for her funeral.

For this to work, Marina spent several hours before her death talking about her life in front of 20 cameras. where he reveals data that no one knows, such as his experience and a few more questions.

With this information, StoryFile technology can make a digital clone of that woman in the form of a hologram by selecting the appropriate clip to answer the questions asked during the event, so it is as if you are having a real conversation with the person even though they are no longer alive.

Marina’s appearance and lithe response caused a huge uproar among the audience who couldn’t believe this was possible, but ended up making the relatives ask the hologram various questions.

“Mother answered questions from bereaved relatives after they saw her cremation,” said Dr. Stephen Smith. “People feel challenged to register their data. The bereaved can find a freer and truer version of their loved one.”

Marina Smith decided to find with her husband the National Holocaust Center based in NottinghamshireUK, recognized for its Holocaust awareness education programs and support for survivors.

The initiative starts from 1978 by acquiring an old building which they eventually converted nineteen ninety five in National Holocaust Centerwhich to this day remains the only museum dedicated to event education in the UK.

Artificial Intelligence Development

Stephen Smith details that the idea behind Story Files emerged as the company worked on creating interactive holograms with the experience of holocaust survivors designed to USC Shoah . Foundation.

In 2017 the technology was presented for the first time and the intention of its creators was to reach a point where marketable and what large number of people can document their life and have the last moments with their relatives after death.

From the beginning 2021 service It’s available in the United States, while in United Kingdom is in August when it is activated.

In some of the criticisms of the program, Smith defended that there is no way for Artificial Intelligence to produce a synthetic version of a personbecause all the information was generated from the person himself and there was no way for him to come up with an answer in words that could be bad for the deceased or which he would not have said himself.

The company is constantly trying to exploit artificial intelligence with other commercial uses and examples of how they work can be seen on their website when interacting with William Shatner, actor “Star Trek”. With Marina Smith The second major event was achieved to publicize the benefits and scope of the technology.