This was an interesting piece.
The original blog had some pseudocritics which didn't amplify
merely shopped the idea. These can be replaced ...
The links were a bit more interesting.
http://blogs.zdnet.com/emergingtech/?p=534"...The goal of the project, sponsored by the National Science Foundation
(NSF),
is to give us the possibility to interact with these virtual representations
as if they were the actual person...
And guess who will be the first teacher? A senior NSF program manager.
The project's test subject will be a senior NSF program manager
known for his wealth of institutional knowledge.
A UIC graduate student will shadow this official
for several months making video and voice recordings.
His presence will be digitally reconstructed and interviews
used to glean his institutional insights will be stored
in the information database.
It will allow NSF personnel to consult his virtual counterpart
whenever they want to tap his institutional wisdom."
I think I like the NSF, unless they get into automated budget cuts
with nobody responsible!
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