The Metaverse – A universe of human digital clones

The Metaverse is ubiquitously characterized as a 3D environment where augmented reality and virtual reality technologies bring to bear the virtual worlds of avatars. Prominent voices from the technology industry envision the Metaverse to replace the current makeup of the internet. Some even go as far as proposing it as a universe where humans in the future will live. This paper discusses a technical approach where the digital representations in the Metaverse will not be limited to the caricatures of people’s appearance but can also be digital clones of their intellect. The strides in software technology and sophisticated forms of artificial intelligence present a framework that enables us to digitally clone aspects of human beings, such as voice and intellect. This paper investigates the hypothesis of building an artificial intelligence model with a person’s digitized intellect and voice. The investigation focuses on the domain of an evangelic Church. It explores if a pastor’s voice and preaching intellect can be cloned digitally with the supposition that such a digital clone that preaches sermons can be deployed to a Church that operates in the Metaverse.