Eternal You, a Sundance grand jury nominated documentary explores the realm of startups using AI to create avatars of the deceased

Directed by filmmakers Hans Block and Moritz Riesewieck, Eternal You makes its New York City premiere at DOC NYC film festival, screening on Thursday, November 14th and Friday, November 15th, at Village East by Angelika.

Eternal You pose the questions: What if you never had to say goodbye to a loved one? What if death and grief were concerns of the past?

The film examines a breakthrough in AI technology—open language models that enable realistic conversations with virtual reality avatars built using characteristics of the deceased. In essence, bringing the dead to digital life. Through interviews with end-users, tech experts, journalists, programmers and psychologists, a broad and analytical account unfolds to reveal the far-reaching and often disturbing implications of this new technology.

Eternal You both glimpses what the future of death in capitalism holds and examines what the human costs might be.

Watch the trailer for Eternal You