Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!Humans can live forever as chatbots – as predicted in an episode of the TV sci-fi series Black Mirror eight years ago.Boffins reckon the technology used to answer queries on customer service websites could allow people to achieve immortality.Bots can mimic individuals by storing up a vast cache of things they have said and done.After the person has died their AI persona will live on.That will allow friends and family to carry on chatting to their late loved ones for generations.The real-life development mirrors the plot of a 2013 episode of writer Charlie Brooker's hit TV show.In it, a character called Martha - played by Hayley Atwell - communicates with a bot imitating her boyfriend Ash.
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