Digital memento mori​

Lauren Ellis
6 min readOct 23, 2018

From the Holy Grail and the fountains of youth, to anti-wrinkle creams screaming from every device, humans have always lusted after immortality. But how far away are we actually from it? Does technology like artificial intelligence spell a chance for us to live on after death — and if given the chance, would we take it?

de Champaigne, Philippe Vanité (1660s)

Artificial humans

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Lauren Ellis

Writer, artist and occasional poet. Lover of philosophy, folklore, history + curiosities. UX writer by day. Writing a book about death by night.