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Imagine this. It is 2200 and many years have passed since you walked on the Earth. But online, you are still sharing your ideas and opinions on the big topics of the day, from sports to politics. 

It sounds like it should be impossible. But scientists at a university in the USAThe United States of America is a country in North America. It has a population of 329 million. have started a project to make living forever online a reality. They are running a test on 25 people. The plan is to use Artificial Intelligence (AIA computer programme that has been designed to think. ) technology to copyMake something that is exactly like another thing. how they act online. 

Some hope that after they die, their friends and family can be sent messages from a digital version of themselves.

But others say this is a bad idea. The technology is still new. And you might not want to receive messages from your old headteacher or your boss or even some of your relatives forever.

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Is this a bad idea?

Yes! This is a terrible idea. An AI programme will never really know what a dead person might have thought - and anyway, we do not want some people to be able to share their opinions forever. 

No! Humans are always looking for ways to live longer. The best way to achieve it must be online.