Paytm's Vijay Shekhar Sharma reacts to LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman's AI avatar. Watch

Reid Hoffman was even seen in a conversation with his own AI avatar a few weeks ago. (Image: @vijayshekhar/X)

It is safe to say that we are living in a day and age where everything is changing rapidly due to technology. The advent of Artifcial Intelligence (AI) has also brought about a plethora of changes, both good and bad. However, in marvel that has sent social media in a tizzy, an AI-generated version of LinkedIn’s co-founder Reid Hoffman was seen giving an interview.

Hoffman’s AI-generated version also caught the attention of Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma. In the clip, Hoffman was seen giving an interview to Bloomberg Originals host Emily Chang.

"So 'Digital Twins'. Will that be a legit new term for your AI version?" Sharma wrote while sharing the video on X.

So “Digital Twins”
Will that a legit new term for your AI version ? pic.twitter.com/4J4CzT70mp

— Vijay Shekhar Sharma (@vijayshekhar) May 10, 2024

The interview comes a few weeks after Hoffman unveiled a video that featured him in a conversation with his own AI avatar. According to a blog post by the LinkedIn co-founder, his AI avatar was generated by Hour One and voice cloning was done by 11ElevenLabs.

"My latest experiment is creating an AI-generated version of myself. It's not because I want another me-I actually thought I wouldn't like doing this. But I was curious about testing the capabilities of a digital twin: how interacting with it might help me think differently, express myself in new ways, or connect ideas that I might not have otherwise," Hoffman wrote in the blog.

"Since AI avatars will most certainly make a lot of people uncomfortable, I wanted to test what is possible and positive from this application of the technology. I think these avatars, when built thoughtfully, have the potential to act as mirrors to ourselves—ones that reflect back our own ideas and personality to examine and consider," he added.