I spoke to a 60-year-old AI version of myself and it was…. unsettling

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It's a Wednesday afternoon and I've just spent the past 15 minutes texting with a 60-year-old, AI-generated version of myself. My AI future self, which was trained on survey questions I filled out moments before, has just finished spamming me with a string of messages advising me to "stay true" to myself and follow my passions. My 60-year-old AI doppleganger described a fulfilled if slightly boring life. But things suddenly took a turn when I probed the AI about its biggest regrets. After a brief pause, the AI spits out another message explaining how my professional ambitions had led me to neglect my mother in favor of completing my first book.