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Russian Programmer Brings Deceased Grandpa ‘back to life’ as a Terminator

Femi Thomas by Femi Thomas
02/19/2022
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An inventor from Perm Region has uploaded seven hours of conversations with his deceased grandfather into the Terminator, which is no longer seeking John Connor, but instead sewing curtains with a sewing machine and helping his grandson cope with his loss.

In an ordinary room in a Russian apartment sits a tall, dark-haired man and, across from him, is a robot, Terminator T-800 model.

 

“Grandpa, how’s your health?” the man asks the robot anxiously.

“I’m not doing well anymore,” the robot replies in the voice of an elderly man.

“And how are you doing?” 

“And the old man che… the old man is, the old man is.”

“Do you realize you’re dead?”

“I know… it’s sad of course, but what can you do?”

This is a conversation between Alexander Osipovich, a 38-year-old programmer from the city of Kungur in Perm Region and a digital copy of his grandfather, Nikolai Osipovich, who died in 2019 at the age of 92.

Alexander created a “consciousness simulation” of his grandfather and then built it into a robot similar to the terminator from the iconic movie, which he designed and 3D-printed himself.

Nikolai Osipovich was a designer at a local factory that made engines and military equipment. He became a laureate of the Lenin Prize of the USSR for scientific and technical developments in the field of guidance systems. 

To create a simulation of Grandpa’s consciousness, Alexander digitized about seven hours of videos of him and uploaded them to the robot’s memory.

Alexander continues to improve the Terminator and hopes that his development in the future will help people cope with the grief of the loss of a loved one.

 

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