Long-term vision
Digital Presence & Digital Continuity
The ambitious end of the vision begins with something plausible — preserving enough authentic human material to create a compelling digital representation — and ends with questions science cannot yet answer.
Digital Presence
With explicit consent, use authentic voice, video, photographs, writing, interviews, stories, gestures, humor and repeated sayings to create a clearly disclosed AI representation of the person.
Digital Continuity
A long-range research program could explore neuroscience, brain-computer interfaces, neural preservation, memory, identity and whole-brain emulation. Digital Departures should always distinguish archive, simulation, hypothetical emulation and any scientifically demonstrated continuation of consciousness.
Other future branches
- Posthumous online presence and preauthorized social publishing
- DNA sample preservation and/or sequencing
- Institutional “Check Digital Departures” network
- Optional QR/NFC or human RFID identity
- Long-term partnerships with established custodial institutions