‘An AI Stephen Hawking would look like him, sound like him and interact like it was him, it’s awe-inspiring – it’s jaw-dropping and I’ve been in shock at how amazing the interactions are’
Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking and Isaac Newton could soon deliver university lectures using AI holograms.
The back-from-the-dead boffins would be beamed onto the stage to entice hungover students to actually attend their tutorials. Holographic units, made by LA-based tech firm Proto, are already in use by Loughborough University and businesses such as IBM to cut down on international travel.
Prof Vikki Locke said students prefer “a guest speaker from industry beaming into a classroom to a 2D person on the wall.” But Proto say this is just the start and now plan to ramp up using holograms of famous icons from across science, popular culture and business.
Proto founder David Nussbaum said: “Proto has the technology to project an image of Stephen Hawking, or anybody, and make it look like he’s really there. We can hook it up to books, lectures, social media – anything he was attached to, any question, any interaction with him.
Source: https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/albert-einstein-isaac-newton-could-31942552