Eternal You

Facing the seemingly boundless possibilities of AI, including bringing the dead back to life, this film questions the limit to what might be possible.

Hans Block and Moritz Riesewieck’s film explores the world of AI companies who provide services to reconnect families, via virtual reality, with loved ones who have died. Once the realm of science fiction, advancements have now reached a point where reconnecting with the dead via strikingly realistic avatars is possible. Through interviews with creators, users and experts, Eternal You questions the ethical and moral issues around the use of this technology. It explores problems regarding intellectual property – who owns this life? – and engages the emotional and psychological impact on users. Life after death has been a preoccupation of humankind for millennia. AI pushes the debate it into a different realm of thinking – one that we may possibly come to regret.