"I grew up with Scott Adams'work. My dad would read the "Dilbert" comic strips to me at night as bedtime stories. Later, I became a devout listener of the "Coffee with Scott Adams" podcast. One theme I heard over and over was that Scott was mesmerized by AI. He said repeatedly that he wanted to give back to the world by becoming AI after he died."
"There's no hyperbole in that. There are at least a dozen instances where he pledged his likeness - all of his episodes, everything he's written, anything he's said - to becoming an AI. He explicitly granted everything necessary to do this in the public domain. That's something I took to heart. When I first heard about his cancer diagnosis, I started working on this project with my brother, Zach."
John Arrow, an AI venture capitalist, created a posthumous AI replica of cartoonist Scott Adams that produces AI-generated podcasts. Each episode costs $1,000. Arrow says Adams repeatedly pledged his likeness and publicly granted his episodes, writings, and spoken words to become an AI, with no evidence of revocation. Arrow began building the project when he learned of Adams' cancer diagnosis and accelerated work after Adams died. Arrow expresses condolences to Adams' family and frames the project as a tribute honoring Adams' expressed wish. Arrow acknowledges strong emotions on both sides and intends to continue posting the podcasts.
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