You Could Have a Digital Twin Sooner Than You Think

 A digital twin is a copy of a person, product, or process that is created using data. This might sound like science fiction, but some have claimed that you will likely have a digital double within the next decade.

As a copy of a person, a digital twin would – ideally – make the same decisions that you would make if you were presented with the same materials.

This might seem like yet another speculative claim by futurists. But it is much more possible than people might like to believe.

While we might tend to assume that we are special and unique, with a sufficient amount of information, artificial intelligence (AI) can make many inferences about our personalities, social behavior, and purchasing decisions.

The era of big data means that vast quantities of information (called “data lakes”) are collected about your overt attitudes and preferences as well as behavioral traces that you leave behind...<<<Read More>>>...