Have you ever dreamt of speaking with your future self who has lived to the age of 60? A team of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US might give you the closest possible way to experience that. To do so, they use artificial intelligence (AI) to mimic a natural-sounding conversation. They used the popular model GPT-3.5 developed by the company OpenAI and asked study participants a series of questions about their lives, their past experiences, and their aspirations. The system then created “a backstory of the user” which the study authors also called “a synt…