Going by his
following post on Linkedin, it would appear so :
“Imagine having an actual
conversation with Ratan Tata, where you could ask questions, gain insight, and
connect with his values long after he's gone.
This isn't just a tech demo; it's a way of keeping his spirit and lessons with
us. 🕊️
I've also put together a demo video showcasing this experience, and I'd love to
share it with you all.
I'm currently building a product that allows real-time
conversations with influential personalities like Ratan Tata, Albert
Einstein, and others who have left an indelible mark on our world. 🌍
Whether it's learning from the greatest minds or finding comfort in their
wisdom, this platform aims to bring them closer to you.
The idea is simple—let technology bridge the gap between us and our heroes. 🚀
Imagine the possibilities:
learning
from the greatest leaders, innovators, and thinkers who shaped our world, all
at your fingertips.
This is just the beginning, and I'd love to hear what you think!
Could this be the future
of interaction with our role models? 🤔
Drop your thoughts below, and let’s build something amazing together.
Divyendra :
Even though I do
not qualify mention among “ greatest leaders, innovators, and thinkers “ I eagerly look forward to the launch of your platform
I am now 91 and may
not be around much longer . May be this made me launch my VIRTUAL AVATAR in the
form of www.HemenParekh.ai , ( Feb 2023 ) , where
I wrote :
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
What is this all about?
This is my Digital Avatar, powered /
serviced by an API (personal.ai)
This is my attempt to attain Virtual Immortality
Most of the TOPICS - and relevant
ANSWERS - you see are derived from the digital content of hemenparekh.in , comprising my blogs / notes / poems etc., written from 1942 onwards (
approx.. 30,000 + documents /
which have generated some 219,454 Memory Blocks in
Personal.ai, as 0n 11 Oct 2024 )
This Digital Avatar of mine is
dedicated to my wife BHARATI, who continues to nourish my Physical Avatar,
since 1959.
My interest in Artificial
Intelligence ( AI ) goes back to 1996 ,
when I developed logic for NLP in a note addressed to my colleagues.
After reading this note , BARD gave
me following title > Grandfather of Artificial Intelligence
What I can do
here?
Here you can chat with my avatar by asking questions - now and long after I am gone.
You can start a chat by asking: "Hey Hemen, what are your views
on……………"
Rest assured about your anonymity. No one will know that
you asked this question. Even I don't.
What is in this for me? How will this
help me?
Hurry up to create your own Avatar -
then invite your contacts to chat with you.
Imagine, chatting up with a hundred or a thousand of
your visitors simultaneously - at the same time.
Being able to invite
thousands of your fans/followers/admirers, to visit your Avatar, ask your
Avatar any question, and get an instantaneous answer, would be of immense benefit to you if you are a
Political Leader / Celebrity. You will be able to create your Avatar by
uploading your, many hours of Speeches (Audio files) at Personal.ai
But my efforts to
create my Virtual Avatar go back for several years during which I registered
with the following portals :
Eterni.me / Oben.com / Replika / NEON.me / alethea.ai / ikininc.com / Personal.ai / lifekind.ai
Following emails would tell you more about my past
efforts in this direction
With regards,
Hemen Parekh
www.My-Teacher.in / www.HemenParekh.ai / www.HemenParekh.in
Thursday, January 21, 2021 7:58 AM
Hey
Joe, I just read about MS Patent No. US 10,853,717, B 2, which mentions you as co-author
Can someone create my Digital
Avatar , using my blog/ poems / photos/ letters/ videos /
notes / reports etc compiled over past 70 years, at : www.hemenparekh.in I am now 87, - hence, in a hurry
regards,
hemen parekh
Joe Johnson• 3rd+ML SWE @ Google, Ex-Amazon, Apple,
Microsoft1mo • 1 month ago
This is
one of the patents I co-authored years
ago. You file these and never know where they end up, then one day read about
them in your late night news feed.
This is
my attempt at transhumanism
with inspiration from the great Ray Kurzweil
Microsoft
wants you to live on as a digital chatbo
Subject: RE: FOR YOU TO REFER IN A FAR AWAY FUTURE
No
worries. Maybe consider also writing to Satya Nadella the CEO of Microsoft and
share your story. I met him once before I left and he had a passion for AI and
chatbot technology like this from what I gathered.
Microsoft
owns this patent now and many more of mine.
I think it would be an amazing product if
they would invest the money.
Given
they are among the world's leaders in chatbots, I
believe they have the technology to build something like this for people to use (maybe
not as sophisticated, but something that would be reasonably comforting to
people and families), whether or not they use the tech mentioned in this patent
the way I envisioned it working.
I know
if I'm lucky enough to survive to 87, I will definitely want to use it then. I
imagine by that point though the technology and approach will be far more
sophisticated.
Joe
Johnson
3rd
degree connection3rd
ML
SWE @ Google, Ex-Amazon, Apple, Microsoft
From: Eddie
Avil <eddie@xrom.in>
Sent: Sunday, September
19, 2021 5:34 PM
To: Hemen Parekh
Subject: Re: FW: FOR YOU TO REFER IN A FAR AWAY FUTURE
Dear Hemen,
wishing you
are doing very well, pls find attached a static 3d/holographic rendition of
myself we had done in 2019
Sure thing
this can be done but it will be an expensive affair as first we will have to
capture you with photogrammetry/volumetric for static/dynamic capture
will need
your data that you have gathered over the years / Voice / Images / Text /
Writings / Public speaking
Once we have
the data then we will be able to create an
1- animated
avatar or a
2-
holographic avatar
-
which will retain all the
information & it will improve with additional data feeds......more the
data, the better it would resemble you
But this
will be an expensive affair
Regards
Eddie
Digital Immortality: An Afterlife in Digital
Clouds
From: Hemen
Parekh [mailto:hcp@recruitguru.com]
Sent: Thursday,
November 12, 2020 8:58 AM
To: 'Sarah Yang'; 'system@oben.com'
Subject: FW: Downloading of PAI app
Dear Sarah,
Thanks for your mail ( which, somehow went to my junk folder ! )
You write :
Wed 11-Nov-20
10:55 PM
Thanks
for reaching out, and apologize we might miss your earlier emails.
Do you refer to the "Avatar Generation" section, that you can simply upload your
selfie and create 3D avatars
Best Regards,
Sarah Yang
Some 15 days back ( as soon as your site was re-launched , I did upload my selfie
– which created animation of my head ( which did not resemble me ! ) . I
suppose that could be some minor glitch and
can be improved upon
As to what my expectation ( from the technologies described on your website –
and in the white-paper of Project PAI ) is , you will need to go through the
following emails exchanged between Adam and myself , - in reverse order ,
starting with my first mail ( at the bottom of this heap ) , dated
: Aug 2019
As far as “ Image Enhancement “ and “ Voice Conversion “ features are
concerned , your website reads – “ Coming Soon
“ ( when ? )
For all the 3 features , your links read : “ Download SDK
“
How do I get to download ? – and what do I do next ?
Sarah,
With your active guidance , if we manage to create a 3D hologram of myself
which can “ dialogue “ through a
, at least monologue ) ,
then we would have created an unprecedented USE-
CASE for Oben Team’s revolutionary technological prowess !
( See : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AovM3xYpRUE&t=6s )
Perhaps no more than a handful people have , during their lifetime created as
much of their own “ Digital
through notes / blogs / poems / photos / diary etc running into 20,000 + pages
(
see my
Here is VIRTUAL me !
Awaiting your early reply,
With regards,
Hemen
From: Adam
Zheng [mailto:adam@oben.com]
Sent: Monday, August 10,
2020 2:25 PM
To: Hemen
Parekh
Subject: Re: Downloading of PAI app
We will launch two softwares in Aug. On the website, we will launch a web
interface where you can upload
your
your 3D avatar. We will launch a PC software where anyone can use a
pre-made avatar to create animation video or do live streaming.
Pls wait for my email in Aug when the two
From: Adam
Zheng [mailto:adam@oben.com]
Sent: Monday, August 10,
2020 5:04 AM
To: Hemen Parekh
Subject: Re: Downloading of PAI app
We currently
only do creation and animation of avatar.
If you need the avatar to tell your own story, we will provide an animation
software for you, which is still under development, to produce those animation
videos.
If you need your avatar to interact with real people using your own knowledge,
you need to train your own natural language processing (NLP) using your
contents.
We currently
don't do the NLP part.
We are searching for an open-source NLP software to be integrated with our
animation software.
From: Adam
Zheng [mailto:adam@oben.com]
Sent: Sunday, August 9,
2020 1:46 PM
To: Hemen Parekh
Subject: Re: Downloading of PAI app
Dear Heman,
If you need a photo real avatar made from your selfie, we will have this solution
launched in the later half this
year. Pls wait for our update.
From: Adam
Zheng [mailto:adam@oben.com]
Sent: Monday, August 31,
2020 2:35 PM
To: Hemen Parekh
Cc: Lisa Wang
Subject: Re: Downloading of PAI app
Dear Hemen,
We are still
working on the web interface. I will let you know once it is done.
The current technology in the world cannot process your handwriting or audio
reading to create your NLP
automatically.
It has to be
done in a structured manner and costs lots of money.
At Oben, we currently focus on only audio/facial avatar reconstruction and we
work with partners who will build
NLP. NLP is not our specialty.
Adam
This morning ( 30 Nov 2021 ), I saw following reply from IKIN Beta team ( to my
comment ) :
9h
Thank
you for sharing, Hemen!
We hope to make your dream, as well as others who have a similar dream, a
reality in the
near future.
Continue to follow us here on LinkedIn as well
as via our website!
Best of luck to you!
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