Creating digital copies of humans still a long way away — Yandex

Society & Culture November 16, 2023, 17:02

"But if the opportunity arises, we will be able to see it a few years before. On today's horizon, this is not visible," Alexander Kraynov noted

MOSCOW, November 16. /TASS/. People will not be able to recreate themselves or well-known historical figures through so-called digital copies anytime in the next 50 years, according to Alexander Kraynov, Director for Development of Artificial Intelligence Technologies in Yandex.

"The probability that we will be able to reproduce this at some time <...>, I don't think I will live to see the day. That is, in the next 50 years, I don't see this happening," the expert said at the AI ethics forum at TASS headquarters.

"But if the opportunity arises, we will be able to see it a few years before. On today's horizon, this is not visible," he added.

The forum of ethics in the field of artificial intelligence is being held at the TASS main headquarters on November 16 in coordination with the Russian Presidential Administration, the Russian Ministry of Economic Development, and the AI Ethics Commission.

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