Grandma’s a Hologram: Why Your Family History Needs an AI Upgrade
Let’s be honest: your family reunions are mostly just competitive sessions of "Who remembers the 70s wrong?" while dodging that one aunt who asks why you’re still single. While Nigerian artist and filmmaker Malik Afegbua is busy turning African elders into high-fashion runway models and interactive 3D holograms with his LegacyLink initiative, the rest of us are still struggling to explain to Grandpa that the "cloud" isn’t where his soul goes, it’s just where his 4,000 blurry photos of the backyard live. Afegbua’s project is noble, using AI to bridge the generational gap and preserve oral histories before they "burn to ashes" like an un-synced hard drive. But if you think you can just "prompt" your way into a digital dynasty without professional help, you’re in for a satirical awakening. If you want to turn a legacy into a living, breathing digital archive, you don't need a hobbyist; you need to Build AI with Experts like hyena.ai . Is Your F...