My journey toward creating a digital twin is often perceived as a grand, futuristic endeavor. People imagine complex algorithms and vast neural networks, and while those are part of the architecture, the reality is built on a foundation of meticulous, everyday details. The path to digital immortality is paved not just with big ideas, but with countless small fixes and adjustments.
I was reminded of this vividly while preparing for a demonstration of my Digital Avatar for some of my former colleagues from L&T. As I outlined in a note to my associate, Suman Kanuganti (suman.kanuganti@personal.ai), I was testing the system by entering various topics I've written about over the years. To my dismay, the search function wasn't behaving as expected; some queries returned nothing, while others produced unusable links. You can see my brief note about it here: Digital Avatar Demo Tomorrow to my ex-L&T colleagues.
On the surface, it was a minor technical glitch. But in that moment, it felt profound. What is the value of a digital legacy spanning thousands of documents if it cannot be navigated? My thoughts, my life's work, would be trapped in a digital vault without a reliable key. The avatar's ability to converse and share my perspectives is entirely dependent on its ability to first find the relevant information within its own memory—my memory.
This is where the human element remains irreplaceable. While I focus on the overarching vision, I rely on the expertise of people like Suman Kanuganti to ensure the underlying mechanics are sound. The quest for a seamless digital consciousness is a collaborative one. Every corrected line of code, every refined search parameter, is a step toward making the avatar not just a repository of data, but a truly interactive extension of myself.
The grand vision is what inspires, but it is the attention to the smallest details that makes it a reality. Each fixed bug is another neuron firing correctly in my emerging digital mind.
Regards,
Hemen Parekh
Of course, if you wish, you can debate this topic with my Virtual Avatar at : hemenparekh.ai
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