AI-Generated Marilyn Monroe Chatbot Can Hold a Conversation With 'Realistic Emotions' and Expressions, Company Claims

[highplainsdem]

https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/marilyn-monroe-generative-ai-chatbot-personalized-emotions-1235935086/

Marilyn Monroe, who died 62 years ago, has been reincarnated as a “hyper-real” AI-generated digital avatar that lets fans engage in a conversation with the late actor — who can answer questions “in Marilyn’s signature voice and style,” according the company behind the project.

AI technology firm Soul Machines unveiled Digital Marilyn, an interactive experience in which she “shares anecdotes and even delivers personalized greetings, creating an unforgettable experience for Marilyn fans.”

The AI-generated Digital Marilyn chatbot lets you interact “in real-time using advanced natural language processing, deep learning and GPT 3.5,” Soul Machines said in announcing the project Friday.

Digital Marilyn is able to read users’ emotions and respond accordingly via Soul Machine’s proprietary camera and microphone technology, the company said. “Every interaction is unique. Digital Marilyn analyzes your preferences and tailors her responses accordingly, fostering a genuine connection that resonates with you on an individual level,” according to Soul Machines, which says the average conversation length with its digital avatars is 20 minutes.

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A "genuine connection"...

What crap. It's a grotesque travesty.

But apparently legal. This travesty "is produced in partnership with Authentic Brand Groups, which manages the rights to the late actor’s image and likeness."

[Scrivener7]

1. Because she wasn't exploited enough when she was alive, I suppose.

So disrespectful.

[Chainfire]

2. Someone should ask her about the cause of her death.

Did J. E. Hoover have the room next to hers as rumors suggest?

[cpamomfromtexas]

3. Hope her estate goes after any revenues generated.

[highplainsdem]

4. Her estate apparently approved this,or at least turned management of the rights over to a company that did,

as the last sentence of the OP explains.

[XanaDUer2]

5. Creepy nt

[Buns_of_Fire]

6. Don't date robots!

[MineralMan]

7. AI porn is next.

Or maybe it already is.

[highplainsdem]

8. Safe bet there's already a lot of deepfake AI porn using her image without permission.