'Future You' AI lets you speak to a 60-year-old version of yourselfwww.livescience.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/future-you-ai-lets-you-speak-to-a-60-year-old-version-of-yourself-and-it-has-surprising-wellbeing-benefits
349 sats \ 15 comments \ @IamSINGLE 13 Oct tech

The 'Future You' in Present!!

The Future You project, created by researchers at MIT Media Lab and international collaborators, uses AI to create a simulation of a user's 60- to 70-year-old self. They detailed the project in a paper published Oct. 1 to the preprint database arXiv (pdf).
Users can converse with the AI through a text interface on topics such as how to achieve what they want in life based on their circumstances, beliefs and outlook. It was devised to give people a sense of being connected to their future self, scientists said in the paper.
Just curious

Would you like to talk to your 'future you' or not?

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32 sats \ 8 replies \ @siggy47 13 Oct
What do you do if you're >60? Can I speak to 4 year old me?
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73 sats \ 7 replies \ @IamSINGLE OP 13 Oct
Haha! They actually didn't mention it anywhere. But I believe, they already have it. I'll try to ask it to them for you.
But, why do you wanna talk your past self?
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35 sats \ 6 replies \ @siggy47 13 Oct
My childhood is a faded blur now. I have a lot of questions.
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73 sats \ 2 replies \ @IamSINGLE OP 13 Oct
What would be your first question if you can talk to your childhood self?
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11 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 13 Oct
Why did you have to fry all those ants with your magnifying glass? Karma is a bitch
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73 sats \ 0 replies \ @IamSINGLE OP 13 Oct
Ahhh! I used to catch grasshoppers to put them inside a bottle.
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43 sats \ 2 replies \ @cryotosensei 13 Oct
I have never remembered anything from the time I was four. I think my earliest memories of life began in kindergarten (5-6 years old). So I’m constantly amazed at my 5-year-old who can remember stuff from two years ago. I wonder how long his toddler memories will last
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24 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 13 Oct
When I was a kid I remembered going to the ocean and getting swamped by a wave and spinning around underwater. That memory stayed with me throughout my childhood. Now I just remember remembering it.
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43 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryotosensei 13 Oct
Great to be the catalyst then!
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11 sats \ 0 replies \ @zapsammy 13 Oct
this is such ba'alshit. the future is not predictable, but sure is programmable.
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11 sats \ 4 replies \ @cryotosensei 13 Oct
Hell no. I will ascribe too much meaning to the chats, which will prevent me from living my authentic self. Maybe I will self-censor my actions as a result of the chats
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44 sats \ 3 replies \ @IamSINGLE OP 13 Oct
Ok. Will you talk to your past self?
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11 sats \ 2 replies \ @cryotosensei 13 Oct
Maybe talk to my past self during the year when my mum passed on. I would have told him to drop everything on his plate and spend more time with her.
Other than that, I don’t begrudge or romanticise my life choices
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44 sats \ 1 reply \ @IamSINGLE OP 13 Oct
So sorry to hear that! It's just natural the cruel reminiscent of our past self come before us running before everything else.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryotosensei 13 Oct
Gotta constantly strive to live a life with few regrets haha
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