Boddington, Ghislaine ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0448-579X (2024) “Me and my digital twin - Exploring the future of Identity and Technology”: The Documentary (BBC World Service Commission). [Audio]

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Abstract

In Me and My Digital Twin, Ghislaine Boddington explores the profound possibilities of digital human twins through a multidimensional lens that encompasses advancements in artificial intelligence, biometrics, and digital identity. Underpinned by Boddington’s ongoing original research based at the University of Greenwich on AI Hybrid Bio-Twins, she examines how AI, health technology, and real-time biometric data can combine to create a digital version of oneself, supporting health, work, and personal identity management throughout a lifetime, and potentially beyond physical existence. This speculative yet rigorous investigation is informed by real-time body data, including heart rate, respiratory functions, and emotional responses, allowing a digital twin to act as an insightful companion, co-creator, advisor, collaborator and posthumous representative. Boddington’s documentary follows her engagement with experts across fields such as cardiology, digital ethics and creative AI, tracing the boundaries and ethical implications of digital human twins. Her interactions reveal both the supportive potential and the profound ethical concerns surrounding data privacy, autonomy, and identity in a society increasingly integrated with AI. The implications of Boddington's project are notable, particularly as she examines the ethical and technical viability of digital twins through discussions with leaders in health, creativity, sports, dance, education, business and technology, as well as data protection experts. By investigating questions of digital identity and memory, the documentary speaks to broader research interests in the intersection of AI, human biology, and digital legacy, offering a valuable resource for researchers and students alike. It creates knowledge exchange into a wider global public, enabling much needed debate on the future of digital identities.

Item Type:	Audio
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Digital Human Twins, AI, creative industries, avatars, digital identity, ethics, human futures, digital immersion, embodiment, The Internet of Bodies, biometrics, body data ethics, public engagement, interdisciplinary collaboration
Subjects:	N Fine Arts > NC Drawing Design Illustration P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN1990 Broadcasting Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Design and Creative Industries
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Last Modified:	19 May 2026 10:29
URI:	https://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/53466

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