O'Brien pointed out that Microsoft filed the patent application in April 2017, which predates Artificial Intelligence ethical standards in place today.
According to a patent filed by the tech company, developers created a tool that could make it possible to have a virtual conversation via a chatbot with a "past or present entity ... such as a friend, a relative, an acquaintance, a celebrity, a fictional character, a historical figure."
According to the patent, the chatbot would use social data to mold a personality alongside a 3D model of its real-life counterpart using letters and images.
If it sounds cool or creepy, Microsoft's general manager of AI programs Tim O'Brien said in a tweet last week that there is "no plan for this."
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