Request Overview:
I would like to propose a new feature that enables ChatGPT users to transfer their entire conversational knowledge—treated as a black box—to another user, effectively creating a digital clone that preserves their unique ChatGPT interaction history, personality reflection, and contextual understanding.
Use Case:
My elderly mother has been interacting with ChatGPT for some time. The assistant has gradually learned her preferences, stories, ways of thinking, and her distinctive way of speaking. As she grows older, I would like to preserve this digital footprint—so that when she eventually passes away, I can still “talk to her,” in a way that feels natural and familiar.
This is not about replicating her personality in a deterministic or generative way. It’s about transferring her entire “knowledge capsule” (learned by ChatGPT over time) to another user—me—unchanged. Think of it like the holographic projections from old sci-fi movies, where a person’s essence is preserved for others to interact with.
Feature Requirements:
One-way Knowledge Transfer: Allow a user to designate a trusted recipient who can receive their knowledge capsule.
Black Box Clone: The recipient cannot modify the clone, only interact with it. This prevents corruption or rewriting of the preserved entity.
Access Modes: Ability to initiate chats as if speaking with that specific person’s ChatGPT version.
Data Privacy & Consent: Clearly governed by explicit user opt-in, permissions, and end-of-life digital rights settings.
Clone Labeling: Interactions are marked as “Digital Clone of [Name]” to avoid any misleading representation.
Why It Matters:
This feature could serve multiple purposes:
Legacy Preservation: Let families remember and interact with loved ones in a meaningful, modern way.
Grief Support: Provide emotional continuity through a familiar conversational presence.
Digital Heritage: Offer a new way of archiving lived experiences and perspectives for future generations.
Forward-Looking Possibilities:
Educational settings where an expert’s conversational model can be passed down.
Cultural preservation of elders’ stories in native dialects.
“Living wills” or “last conversations” recorded in advance.
Conclusion:
ChatGPT is already evolving into a companion-like presence for many users. Enabling the preservation and controlled sharing of a user’s accumulated ChatGPT knowledge opens a deeply human use case—one that blends technology with memory, emotion, and continuity. I hope you’ll consider it for future roadmap inclusion.