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After you die, you could be resurrected as a chatbot. That’s a problem

NO ONE KNOWS WHERE WE GO WHEN we die. Or for that matter, what happens to our most intimate thoughts, dreams, and desires when the nerve cells in our brains fire for the very last time. But it looks as though Microsoft may have some ideas.

In December 2020, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) granted a patent to Microsoft that outlines a process to create a conversational chatbot of

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