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The AI clones are coming! But it’s not all bad
Soon, only the wealthiest among us will have the privilege of speaking to human experts, while the rest consort with AI clones.
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For people who make money off their expertise, clones offer a route to scaling up their business.
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Parmy Olson
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Mr Mark Sewards, a British Member of Parliament in the northern city of Leeds, recently launched what he called the country’s first AI prototype of an MP.
Cue the backlash. X users were the most vitriolic, calling Mr Sewards “lazy” and branding the project “appalling”. The press sneered at his “weird” and “dithering” chatbot, complaining it could not follow a Leeds accent.
