Before Michael Bommer died, he worked with a US startup to train an audio AI in his own voice. Now artificial intelligence can speak in his place, telling stories from his life and holding conversations.
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00:00Ternus helps me to really find a closure to the story of my life, right, to really kind
00:05of, this is the story, this is it, this is I, this is what I have.
00:10And then taking exactly this closure and making it available for my wife, for my kids, even
00:16for grandkids which are not yet there, is a feeling of great relief.
00:24To make sure the model was as realistic as possible, the AI needed a lot of training
00:29data.
00:32The hardest part in all of this, believe it or not, is audio emotion.
00:35We have you read about 300 phrases, someone like, I love you, the other one, shut the
00:40door, the other one's like, wow.
00:43So we capture all your emotional states and then we compile that into a voice AI.
00:49The first step was creating a visual model.
00:51If you're ready to get started, I recommend answering the questions in the relationship
00:55category.
00:56Would you like to do that?
00:57Biographical facts as well as personal stories and opinions are recorded.
01:01That way, the AI can communicate more effectively down the line.
01:05Feel free to reach out.
01:06Have a great day.
01:07It is very emotional.
01:11You're thinking about the highs of your life and you're thinking about the lows of your
01:14life and relive them and you're thinking very, very, very hard on how do you want to be remembered.
01:22His wife, Annette Bommer, was given access to the AI after he died.
01:27When she feels lonely in the evenings, she might ask for a few last words before bed
01:32and hear Michael's AI-generated voice like in this demo.
01:37Remember that I'm always here for you and I look forward to sharing many more beautiful
01:40moments together.
01:41Sleep well, my dear, and have sweet dreams.