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As if Black Mirror taught us nothing at all, Millennials and Gen Zers want to preserve themselves using AI

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Despite warnings from shows like Black Mirror, 33% of millennials and 25% of Gen Zers want AI preservation after death, with searches for "AI immortality" surging 2,426% this year. However, experts say true digital resurrection faces massive obstacles including the inability to capture unconscious human processes, costly emotional exploitation of grieving families, and requiring decades of data collection plus enormous storage capacity that current technology cannot handle.

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