James’s father, John, passed away in 2017. However, thanks to numerous voice recordings, James came up with the idea of creating an interactive memory.
In 2016, James Vlahos’s father was diagnosed with cancer. Instead of succumbing to grief, James decided to spend as much time as possible with his father and preserve rich memories of him. From this personal story, he later built a business that helps others in mourning, according to CNN.
“I spent hours and hours recording his life story,” James described the last moments spent with his father. John, James’s father, died in 2017. However, thanks to numerous voice recordings, James conceived the idea of creating an interactive memory.
Modern technology and the increasingly popular artificial intelligence enabled him to create an AI-powered chatbot that can now answer questions about his father’s life—in his father’s voice. James later turned his project into the HereafterAI app, which now allows other users to preserve interactive memories of their deceased loved ones.
