We’re not sure why Microsoft employees are opening the floodgates to talk to the dead, but according to a recently filed patent, they are creating “chatbots” for the dead that have been described as, “The specific person [who the chat bot represents] may correspond to a past or present entity (or a version thereof), such as a friend, a relative, an acquaintance, a celebrity, a fictional character, a historical figure, a random entity etc.”

Obviously, this is as horrifying as it is cool. If this were to work (and not kill us with a violent robot uprising), which dead person would you like to talk to? Please let us know on social media who you’d like to have a conversation with that you can’t currently.