[SecretDreams]

Is this what tool and die makers used to feel when going to LOC to train their replacements?

Personally, I do not want my likeness to persist after my death, nor do I wish for a company to be able to leverage my likeness after I leave said company.

[djmips]

from context I figure you meant China and/or other places that would take over American manufacturing but I'm curious what LOC means - typo?

[nullbound]

I understand the concern, but I also think there are benefits to this approach. And while I absolutely agree with you on the likeness part used for a company, at a personal level, I believe it could have a great impact ( and be of use ). And, more importantly, you can then control the disposition of your likeness appropriately ( via an old fashioned will ). As a society, we seem to have solutions for these situations. They were just not very common.

[SecretDreams]

Given the velocity of this industry and it being largely driven by corporations, how many individuals do you think will have control over their likeness vs their likeness being stored by some entity they did not explicitly consent towards?

I appreciate your take, I just think it is not in line with the current trajectory outside of some unique HN posters and the like - and even they will probably wake up one day realizing some entity also already owns their likeness, albeit the HN user might have a local copy they hand crafted themselves using some cobbled together hardware.

[nullbound]

You do have a point. That is why I am not pushing it as a general solution and frankly why I am not super keen on putting everything on github for everyone to see. If there is only one dark joke of the current times, it is that pressing agree somehow constitutes agreeing to legally consenting all sorts of invasive practices.

I would absolutely not suggest doing what I am doing to an average user.

edit: Frankly, just by thinking I am above average I might be inviting a more risky behavior.