When His Church Goes Dark, They Talk to His Digital Twin

“That’s my digital twin,” he said. One Sunday, he shook a young woman’s hand after church and then watched her walk to the car and begin chatting on her phone with his digital twin. One digital twin refused to proceed in conversation until it learned a person’s name, because that pastor wanted his algorithm to prioritize a human touch. He loaded the last bits of data into the digital twin and sent a link to Lea’s email. The post When His Church Goes Dark, They Talk to His Digital Twin appeared first on New York Times.