Alex’s Simulation
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Project Overview
"Digital Life: 18 to 81" is an experimental AI-driven life simulation that chronicles the journey of a digital persona from young adulthood through senior years. This unique project compresses a 63-year human lifespan into 63 real-world days, with each day representing one year in our character's life.
Project Goals
This simulation aims to:
Explore AI Storytelling: Demonstrate how AI can create coherent, evolving narratives that span a lifetime
Simulate Human Development: Model the progression of a human life through various stages and milestones
Visualize Life Patterns: Identify and illustrate patterns in how we conceptualize life progression
Create an Immersive Experience: Engage audiences in following a digital life journey in near real-time
Showcase AI Capabilities: Highlight the creative potential of current AI systems in generating both narrative and visual content
Methodology
Timeline Compression
The project uses a 1:365 time compression ratio, where each calendar day represents one year in the simulated life. This allows us to witness a complete adult lifespan in just over two months.
Content Generation
Each "year" of the simulation includes exactly 24 tweets, representing one tweet per hour of a typical day in that year of Alex's life. This format allows us to:
Capture the rhythm and flow of daily life at different ages
Highlight significant moments, mundane experiences, and everything in between
Show the evolution of Alex's voice, interests, and perspective over time
Each tweet is paired with:
Ghibli-Style Visual: AI-generated imagery in the distinctive Studio Ghibli art style, depicting the moment described in the tweet
Image Prompt: The specific instructions given to GPT-4o to generate the visual, allowing insight into the AI art creation process
AI Systems
The project utilizes two advanced AI systems working in tandem:
GPT-4o: Responsible for generating Ghibli-style visual representations based on detailed image prompts
Claude 3.7 Sonnet: Crafting the tweets that tell Alex's story in an authentic, age-appropriate voice
The tweets follow the style of popular social media accounts that pair short, relatable phrases with beautiful Ghibli-inspired art. This format creates an engaging contrast between the casual, sometimes humorous tweet text and the atmospheric, dreamlike visuals.
Human Curation
While the content is AI-generated, human curators oversee the project to ensure:
Narrative consistency
Appropriate content
Realistic life progression
Engaging storytelling
Ethical Considerations
This project acknowledges several important ethical dimensions:
The simulation represents one possible life path, not a definitive human experience
Cultural and individual diversity in life experiences is recognized
The project avoids reinforcing harmful stereotypes about aging or life stages
The simulation is clearly presented as an AI creation, not a real person's life
Project Timeline
The simulation runs for 63 consecutive days, with new content added daily. The project began on [Start Date] and will conclude on [End Date].
Team
This project is a collaboration between AI systems and human curators who guide the overall direction while allowing the narrative to unfold organically.
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