We Can Live Forever Through Digital Twins. But Should We?
From Solutions with Henry Blodget by Vox Media Podcast Network
March 23, 2026 · 44 min
About this episode
The episode explores the implications of digital twins on grief and consciousness through the lens of Amy Kurzweil's experiences.
What’s it like to talk to a “digital twin” of a relative who died before you were born? How will the increasingly lifelike digital representations of people change how we grieve? Amy Kurzweil deeply considers these questions in her graphic memoir, Artificial: A Love Story. It's about her experience helping to create a chatbot based on her grandfather. Amy’s father, Ray Kurzweil — a technology inventor and futurist — built the bot back in 2018. In this episode, we discuss how AI could change how we grieve, and complicate the very meaning of consciousness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
People in this episode
Host: Henry Blodget
Guest: Amy Kurzweil
Topics covered
- digital twins
- grief
- AI
- consciousness
- technology
- memorialization
Keywords
- digital twin
- grief
- AI chatbot
- Ray Kurzweil
- memorialization
- consciousness
- technology
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Artificial: A Love Story
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