Editing Cloud Souls and the Architecture of Digital Afterlife (section)

== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Applying</span> ==
'''Modeling 'The Soul Approximation' (Evaluating 'Cloud Soul Fidelity' from Data Volume):'''
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def evaluate_cloud_soul_fidelity(text_tokens_m, video_hours, voice_hours, behavioral_data_years):
    """
    Shows how data volume affects the quality of a cloud soul approximation.
    """
    # Fidelity grows logarithmically with data (diminishing returns)
    import math
    text_score    = min(40, 10 * math.log10(text_tokens_m + 1))
    video_score   = min(25, 8 * math.log10(video_hours + 1))
    voice_score   = min(20, 7 * math.log10(voice_hours + 1))
    behavior_score = min(15, 5 * math.log10(behavioral_data_years + 1))
    
    total = text_score + video_score + voice_score + behavior_score
    
    if total > 80:
        label = "RICH APPROXIMATION (Captures style, values, reactions well)"
    elif total > 50:
        label = "MODERATE (Recognizable but clearly not the person)"
    else:
        label = "THIN SKETCH (Few dimensions captured)"
    
    return f"FIDELITY: {round(total, 1)}/100 — {label}"

# Heavy digital user (writer, YouTuber) with 20 years of data
print(evaluate_cloud_soul_fidelity(50, 500, 200, 20))
# Average person with modest digital footprint
print(evaluate_cloud_soul_fidelity(2, 20, 10, 5))
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; Cultural Landmarks
: '''Black Mirror S02E01 ("Be Right Back")''' → "The Definitive" "Cultural Warning" about **"Memorial AI"** — "Grief," "Simulation," and "The Uncanny Valley."
: '''HereAfter AI''' → "A Real" "Company" (2021) "Letting People" "Record" "Answers" "For Posthumous" "Conversation" with "Family."
: '''The 'Luka' App (Replika)''' → "Originally" "Created" to "Simulate" a "Deceased Friend": "Now" a "General" **"AI Companion."**
: '''Samuel Beckett's ''Krapp's Last Tape'' (1958)''' → "The Theatrical" "Premonition": a "Man" "Talking" to "Recordings" of "His Younger Self."
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