Virtual Ghost of You Can Chat Online After You Die
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Where do modern folks go when they die? They don’t go to heaven where the angels fly. Live online as Max Headroom, why? Spend a lot of cash to make your relatives cry!
I don’t know anybody whose afterlife fantasy consists of having a virtual version of yourself to robo-converse with friends and family after you die, based on your social media footprint. It seems to me that it best it delays emotional closure/catharsis, and at worst is a grotesque parody of a seance – but if you’re in the mood for having an online, automated you that mathematically spouts your catchphrases after you die, Eterni.me is the company you seek.
Though I suppose if you find yourself stricken with McGregor’s Syndrome, it could come in handy…
About The Author
Luke Y. Thompson has been writing professionally about movies and pop-culture since 1999, and has also been an actor in some extremely cheap culty and horror movies you will probably never hear much about (he is nonetheless mostly proud of them, as he met his wife on one). As editor of The Robot's Voice since 2012, he can take the blame for the majority of the site's content, all of which he creates because he loves you very, very much. (Although he loves nachos more. Sorry.) Prior to TRV, Luke wrote for publications that include the New Times LA, Los Angeles CityBeat, E! Online, OC Weekly, Geekweek, GeekChicDaily, The L.A. Times, The Village Voice, LA Weekly, and Nerdist