There is a myth in the world that every human being has a double on another part of the planet, that there are two remarkably similar people located at different latitudes.

Thanks to technology, this myth would be closer to reality, except that everyone knows they have their copies in the digital world.

Digital twins is a technology that, although not very well known, has been living closely with people’s daily lives for several years now, for some time there were copies with the help of 3D modeling, constructions, devices, machines and everything. Of elements.

It can be said that digital twins are like the models that construction companies show when launching a new real estate project, only they are not made with papier-mâché and other stationery, but are made with 3D computer systems.

These digital twins helped to improve and evaluate their real versions, such as returning a metaphor for the real estate project model, through which it would be possible to identify gaps in the project and improvements to correct it beforehand. Its construction begins, but more information can be gathered with the help of computers.

However, this technology has not been considered a trend until now, the so-called. Thanks to the huge popularity of Metavers, which works similarly.

Rob Enderle, a technology analyst, believes the world will see the first-thinking digital twins in less than 10 years, though society will face new ethical dilemmas.

For example, regarding work, he said: “What if the company you work for creates your digital twin and says, ‘Look, you have this digital twin for which we do not pay a salary, why do you keep hiring?’

Similarly, Enderle believes that these digital creatures will influence the development and functioning of metaversion in the future.

Therefore, metaversion avatars can be considered as the first and most primitive versions of these twins, which raises many questions.

Sandra Vachter, Senior Researcher at Artificial Intelligence, University of Oxford, points out that these are digital twins It reminds me of interesting science fiction novels and now they are at this stage. “So we have a long way to go before we can understand and test a person’s life from beginning to end, assuming it is always possible.”

Despite this, This type of technology has already been used in the medical sector, for example, to create digital versions of the human heart to identify the results and outcomes of various and possible surgical procedures.

This is a project called “Living Heart” (Living Heart), created by Steve Levine, who, motivated by his daughter’s congenital heart disease, decided to re-create her heart with virtual reality to better diagnose what was happening to her.

Currently, this innovation is used at Boston Children’s Hospital and Great Ormond Street Hospital in London.

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