Life after death? An Argentine created an app that with artificial intelligence already makes us 'immortal'

First, it was the imagination.

movies

.

Obi Wan, after his death, appeared before the young Luke Skywalker and advised him "from another side" to walk the path of the Jedi.

.

Martín also took advantage of his own camera to film the "film" of his parents and grandparents.

He interviewed them, consulted them about everything.

As an adult, in a pandemic, he thought about taking up that task again, when a light (or a lightsaber) came on: why not turn his childhood project into a technology, a means of communication to connect present, past and future voices

?

was born

, a

"The idea is to leave a legacy in a safe and private place, to share with loved ones what we learned in life, who we are, who we love," explains its CEO.

"Our product guides people to recreate their lives. The result is a

, powered

, who can interact and respond conversationally," he continues.

Martín speaks of

.

What is your name?

What frame are you?

What advice would you give to a person who is sad?

What is your favorite movie?

Are you a superstitious person?

What did you like to do when you were a kid?

These are some of the

that Almaya asks its users, which they answer through

recorded in

format .

The design is intuitive, although behind it there is advanced programming and artificial intelligence.

There are two well-defined stages: that of narration and that of consumption.

To reinforce the ludic concept, there are six

that seek to increase the information available for each person.

Almaya is now available on all devices.

It has a free version and a paid version.

"It's a

, since it reinforces human interaction," says Martín.

He often hangs out with his loved ones to learn all about his grandmother.

"You go from level to level, like a kind of game of life. It's beautiful, we got to know anecdotes, and we even learned what the heating was like during his childhood, what clothes were worn, what the customs were," he adds.

The man shows

He writes: "Grandma, what is your favorite song?".

The

returns a recording of her singing.

Almaya has already won the local version of the Zurich insurer's

and became a global finalist.

For now -development is constant- it works in

it has a free version and a paid version.

It already has more than 30 thousand downloads, from 60 countries around the globe.

will take advantage of this unique tool.

"What do I think about love?".

The questionnaire was formulated by a group of philosophers and psychologists and is updated thanks to user searches.

"We believe that we have a different proposal. We are

, not just a business: we seek to unite families beyond time and space. Many people want to help us because they like what we do," says Martín.

He shares this vision with the co-founders Ariel Mathov and Max Ejberowicz, in charge of the technical and product part, respectively.

A series, a story, an article and a physical

Before getting down to work, Martín (who previously worked in advertising and supporting

) promoted market research.

Thus he verified that there was a

.

"It is about a

, which has always existed, adapted to the current times", he explains.

Umberto Eco

would agree with him.

In a 1991 article, he pointed out that, in the past, the role of

was to preserve traditions.

By passing from mouth to mouth what had happened before the young were even born, a 20-year-old "was as if he had lived five thousand."

Then came the

.

"Today the books are our old ones", remarked Eco. "The book is a life insurance, a small anticipation of immortality".

In the 21st century,

,

and

are once again revolutionizing memory.

As before, orality, texts, photography, audio recordings and filming did.

For some people, it is challenging and even dilemmas.

Although, once again citing the Italian author, we can think of "the passage from the Platonic

, quoted countless times, in which Pharaoh worriedly asks the god Thoth, inventor of writing, if this diabolical device will not make man incapable of remembering , and, therefore, to think".

Stephen Hawking

decreed in an interview: "I consider the brain like a computer that will stop working when its components fail. There is no paradise or life after death for computers that stop working, that is a fairy tale of people who He's afraid of the dark."

The astrophysicist clarified once again his position on what happens to people once they leave the earthly plane.

Little more than a decade passed.

Without going into this (irresolvable) debate, it is worth thinking about whether computers -like new devices- cannot be allies to

"

. The

is used to enjoy today, as I do with my grandmother. But, at the same time, I am saving something very important, which will be available when I need it. So, for example, my great-great-grandchildren will be able to learn about the

", warns Martín Kogan.

Through the application you can dialogue with who left his legacy.

In a chapter of the

series , the character Ross (played by David Schwimmer) told Chandler that he had read a very interesting book.

This started from the premise that "by the year 2030, there will be computers that can perform the same number of functions as a real human brain. So, in theory, you are going to be able to download your thoughts and memories into this computer and live forever

."

Unlike futuristic predictions that never came (like some outlined in shows like The Jetsons or movies like

and

), this hypothesis is gaining ground.

Almaya started recently

, with the decision to stomp.

It was officially launched in December 2022. "Today it is downloaded from the cell phone, perhaps in the future we will manage it from augmented reality glasses," projects Martín.

Augmented reality glasses, a future with a seed in the present?

(Photo illustration. Credit: Patrick T. Fallon / AFP).

The majority of consumers are men and women over 30 years of age, who share that moment with parents or grandparents.

Others reserve it as a moment for themselves, a kind of "self-knowledge".

Philosophers and psychologists

participated in the initial generation of the questions, which are refined according to user searches.

From this conjunction, the product that has, for example, a section of advice is enriched.

Humanity, technology and eternity have been themes crossed by science and literature.

Isaac Asimov, a great science fiction author, fantasized about a distant future where "men no longer need their bodies to exist: only their minds exist, while their motionless bodies rest in one of the stars or galaxies in space, which is every day." fuller, despite the fact that men can build their own stars in seconds.

Imagination has no limits.

Without going that far, outside of tales and fables, different alternatives arise that propose to

Almaya is one of these.

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