Canadian entrepreneur Harman Wander started My Autobiography, an AI-based platform to help people preserve their life stories. The platform lets users document memories, photos, and professional experiences as they happen. Wander said, "I strongly believe that story of one's life should start being written right away instead of waiting."
Harman Wander is exploring how artificial intelligence can help people preserve the experiences, knowledge and stories that define a lifetime
There are countless moments in the life of anyone, only a small part of which is documented anywhere.
Many childhood memories are shared at family gatherings, lessons learned in multiple jobs through the years, old photographs are kept in family albums, and there are experiences kept only in the memory of specific individuals.
Canadian enterpreneur and inventor Harman Wander suggest that new advanced technologies will be able to save those stories.
He is the founder of My Autobiography, an AI-based platform intended to help people tell their stories and keep their memories, life experiences, and achievements for the generations to come.
The platform is newly launched and is coming through the author's early program since the company is working on improving the product.
Reimagining the Personal Story
Traditionally, the autobiography has been the means for an author to look back.
It is written recall of one's childhood, career, personal life achievements and many others in recalling one's memory.
In writing My Autobiography, I take a different approach than traditional approaches.
I strongly believe that story of one's life should start being written right away instead of waiting for the future hence the platform enables documenting all those experiences one undergoes in the present day and sharing that with others - family members, friends and colleagues through photographs, videos, important moments, thoughts, family stories and professional experience collected over the person's life.
When More Digital Content Still Isn't Enough
Nowadays, people have access to an incredible number of devices that help them to record their lives.
Mobile phones save the average human's everyday life. Social networks carry posts from many years back. Cloud services play important role in preserving images and video files. Communication apps keep such conversations that would probably be lost otherwise.
However, many pieces still do not correlate with each other.
For example, a photo shows where a person was, but not what his/her thoughts were. A post about an achievement does not tell about hardships someone went through in order to get there. A video shows how a person sounds but does not deliver knowledge learned through his/her life.
My Autobiography will thus help to supplement those private documents.
The target is not just to collect files but to put together a whole story.
Bringing AI Into the Story
AI adds a new dimension to the concept.
My Autobiography is creating AI-driven experiences based on the data that people want to share about their life in a story format.
As time goes by, this information can consist of memories, experiences, knowledge, values, professional lessons, and personal insights.
One of the ideas that the company has is to create an AI avatar that will let users access this information conversationally.
Imagine being a child hearing stories of their parent's youth, or a grandchild learning about their grandparent's career.
The aim of the technology is not to replicate the individual.
The idea is to create a new way for future generations to have an opportunity to learn and understand the knowledge that someone wants to pass on to them.
From Digital Records to Digital Legacy
The notion of leaving a legacy has usually been connected to books, family pictures, belongings and tales told over the ages.
However, modern technology allows us to widen this definition.
One's digital heritage can include not only the most significant events and proceedings of a person's life but also information about his approach and feelings of emotions concerning these affairs.
From the perspective of business, this can mean the recording of key lessons learned while running a firm.
From the point of view of parent one, this process can help save memories about the childhood of his kids and family traditions.
If we consider a teacher or a specialist, this may help to save the experience and knowledge accumulated by that person for dozens of years.
My Autobiography is built on the conviction that stories, told by a common individual are just as valuable as those narrated by world-famous people.
The company explains its philosophy by saying that "Every life counts. Every story is to be saved."
A Vision That Goes Beyond Social Media
Social media has simplified the process of sharing news about one's life and experiences.
However, a social profile does not mean that a person's life is accurately depicted.
My autobiography is about looking at storytelling with a long-term meaning.
The emphasis is on what the person is currently doing, but also on where they come from and what they experienced in their life.
This is the key point in the vision of the company.
The aim of the platform is to give a person an opportunity to continue the development of his/her story.
Exploring Immersive Experiences
The company's ambitions go beyond text, photographs, and conversations: My Autobiography is experimenting with immersive technologies like virtual reality that might one day allow people to experience their own lives, and others', in ways previously impossible.
The company is working on new technology that could make personal stories more engaging, like a virtual-reality experience that would allow users to feel as if they were really there, and make it easier for future generations to access and experience the past.
For now, these projects are on the company's wish list, as executives focus on laying the groundwork for a broader product launch.
The Journey Behind the Idea
Harman Wander has gone through many job experiences in a variety of fields.
He started in the field of construction before switching to business consultancy, real estate investing, and technology development in Canada.
His experience allowed him to learn a lot about how different businesses can be improved in completely different ways.
Eventually, it led him to an important question.
In life, some lessons are written down, others are shared with your family or colleagues, while many lessons remain secrets.
And when the teacher is not around anymore, this piece of knowledge might disappear forever.
The idea of My Autobiography is that technology may provide means for preserving more secrets.
Starting With the Story
The platform may still be in its infancy, but its future vision has never been clearer.
Harman Wander is hoping for the day when individuals can live out their own stories, families can document their past, and people from future generations can get in touch with the life experiences of their predecessors and learn from them.
Eventually, this could mean using artificial intelligence-based inventions or technologies that will be able to create digital stories for one to enjoy.
At this point, however, the most important task is to encourage people to share their stories.
The company is now actively using the beta phase to further develop its platform and attract potential users.
If you wish to find out more about My Autobiography and join the early access program, go to www.myautobiography.com to register.
About Harman Wander
Harman Wander is a Canadian businessman, business strategist and IT innovator whose activities cover a wide range of areas: construction and business consulting, real estate investment and IT startups.
As an initiator of My Autobiography, he aims to mix the idea of artificial intelligence with personal storytelling in order to create a new dimension in the sphere of digital legacy.
His goal is simple and at the same time quite ambitious - help people preserve their memories, experiences, knowledge and views so that their stories will continue to resonate in future generations.