Will Turing Machines Of Dead People Fill Up Web?

Will Turing Machines Of Dead People Fill Up Web?

Christopher Mims says The Internet Is Filling Up with Dead People and There's Nothing We Can Do About It. Why this is coming up: One's GMail email history gets used by Google+ (which I had to join just to be a chic early adopter) to recommend putting into social circles. So suddenly a piece of software is recommending adding dead people and old lovers to circles.

Naturally this sent my mind on a tangent: When will algorithms for processing the text history of social media discussion forums become powerful enough to basically fake being you? Imagine years of your postings on Facebook or Google+ (G+) processed by some fancy algorithms that use all that material to try to act like a Turing machine and fool others into thinking they are really interacting with you.

http://www.futurepundit.com/archives/008179.html

I have 3 dead people among my facebook friends. On 2 of them, the spouse and partner actually keep up the account.
Manners to note, it is bad form to invite your dead internet friends to upcoming events.

SS109 wrote: I have 3 dead people among my facebook friends. On 2 of them, the spouse and partner actually keep up the account.
Manners to note, it is bad form to invite your dead internet friends to upcoming events.

Zombies :VeryScared:

There are alot that don't even know they are dead,, just look at this forum.LOL

I was up in Boulder at a large Data center this afternoon. While leaving I saw this car in the parking lot. :VeryScared:



Make's me wonder whose data are they corrupting, or what the heck is going on. Or maybe it was just a night shift worker starting early. Regardless, I have the palte numbers JIC.

Tools exist for managing you online presence after you die.

http://www.time.com/time/specials/packa ... 45,00.html

I've got to ask - after I'm dead, why oh why would I WANT to maintain an online prescence?