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I let my AI clone interview me. What happened next was hilarious (and a little unsettling).

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I know this is going to trigger some of you, but I’m about to launch an AI clone of myself.

You’ll be able to interact with a version of me that looks like me, talks to you, answers your questions with patience and empathy, and even compliments you on what you’re wearing.

This AI clone is built from new technology, and we’ll be sharing this technology to show you how you can create your own digital clone at Mindvalley’s AI Summit

That can help your clients if you happen to be a coach or a speaker.

But for now, forget everything you read above—because you have to see it to believe it.

I want you to watch this three-minute, quirky video that people are saying is probably the funniest, weirdest video I’ve ever created.

It is what happens when my AI clone actually interviews me.

And I hope it makes you laugh.

And after you’ve watched it, come back and tell me what you think.

Did it make you laugh? Cringe? Rethink the future of AI and consciousness?

Drop your thoughts in the comments below—I read every one.

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Can’t wait to see you there—glitch and all.

Stay real,

— Vishen

(Yes, the original one. For now.)

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Vishen is an award-winning entrepreneur, speaker, New York Times best-selling author, and founder and CEO of Mindvalley: a global education movement with millions of students worldwide. He is the creator of Mindvalley Quests, A-Fest, Mindvalley University, and various other platforms to help shape lives in the field of personal transformation. He has led Mindvalley to enter and train Fortune 500 companies, governments, the UN, and millions of people around the world. Vishen’s work in personal growth also extends to the public sector, as a speaker and activist working to evolve the core systems that influence our lives—including education, work culture, politics, and well-being.

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  1. That was awesome! I laughed out loud! I love the way that you have embraced AI, and include it as part of you vision in continuing to build Mindvalley U. I recently signed up for the Manifesting Mastery program, 2 days after I signed up, I found myself unexpectedly joined the ranks of high tech layoffs. I was devastated at first, but then spent the next few weeks fully immersed in learning/optimizing my AI knowledge, instead of grieving the lost being a cog in a corporate wheel. I created a custom chatgpt that acts my Future Self, and it’s been amazing for me, as I step out into the unknown. Yesterday, as I signed on with my very first AI customer who engaged me to help them grow their business, I had tears in my eyes, as I start to see the vision I have for myself start to manifest. I am so looking forward to the AI summit. Hoping that fear that some folks have around AI, will dissipate and they can indeed embrace the benefits.

  2. Wow! Others will no doubt write more thought provoking comments for and against. For now, Wow!, kind of sums it up for me. That, and, where can I get one?

  3. Hi, I watched the video, it was a bit strange to see two of you, but it’s a very inventive and creative solution for an interview. I think it was funny, I had a lot of fun with it. Thank you for sharing it and giving the viewer a little glimpse into your inner world.

    I thought your AI clone was a bit cheeky and sarcastic with you, maybe it annoyed you, but it was funny how it asked sensitive questions.
    I haven’t seen anything like that before, although I’ve heard that it’s possible to create an AI clone, e.g., in Heygen.

    It’s a bit scarier that soon we won’t be able to distinguish real people from clones, which could save us time if the clone can answer customers’ questions, although I think this will also devalue this kind of communication.

    I’m also constantly learning about the possibilities of AI, as I work with it in the field of video and music production, so I’m eagerly and excitedly waiting for the AI summit.

    Thank you for I could learn so much from you.
    Have a nice week.

  4. I loved this video and laughed with the dialogue. But, the longer it went on, the less sure I was as to who was the clone. Will the real Vishen please stand up?

  5. It’s one of the best AI clone’s I’ve seen. Kinda makes me scared what this means for the future in the wrong hands.

  6. this is crazy unbelievable and surreal. AI has already taken over the world. like climate change, the world is going to wakeup after everything is done and going to discuss forever on what to do.

  7. I loved the video clip .. I loved that you were a bit vulnerable too .. I just wish that I could benefit from your wonderful speakers & summits that you offer but 2-4 am (in Australia) isn’t really feasible for most of us who are working & there is no opportunity to watch a replay .. i love what you put out to the world & I thank you .. just wish we weren’t so disadvantaged.

  8. Brilliant! It’s good that it made you slightly uncomfortable. It was truth-telling and exposed your ego, which can often get in the way of our divine soul. Bless you! Let your light continue to shine!

  9. Artificial Intelligence and Law
    We suggest that any posting, article, video or any other means that is formulated by Artificial Intelligence must, by law, prominently indicate it is created by Artificial Intelligence as a preface.
    What do you, not your AI, think?

  10. First of all, congratulations, Vishen… on this mind-bending, heart-opening interview with your AI twin.
    To me, it was a complex symphony of laughter, awe, and deep reflection.

    It stirred a visceral sense of “hard to fathom”—stretching the boundaries of imagination with both the exhilarating potential to uplift humanity… and the sobering truth that without a parallel evolution of consciousness, this very same power could accelerate not just disconnection—but a kind of fragmentation of what makes us truly human.

    So yes, I found this to be awe-inspiring. Empowering. Revolutionary.
    And at the same time—unsettling.
    Because it’s also asking something sacred of us:
    To rise. To meet this exponential technology with equally evolving empathy, wisdom, and soul integrity.

    And it’s this part that sparked a real pause in me.
    Because honestly, this technology can absolutely amplify the best in us—but it can also accelerate the unconscious patterns and shadow frequencies still deeply woven into our world today.

    To me, the invitation is clear.
    The call to live, lead, and create from our most elevated, inspired state… is no longer optional.
    It’s the call of our generation.
    A necessary rite of passage for where we’re headed.

    Vishen, thank you for pushing the edges—for helping shape what’s next, and for inviting us into deeper reflection about what it truly means to be human in the age of AI.

    Watching this reminded me exactly why I featured you in my bestselling book, Quantum Rebel: A Visionary Leader’s Blueprint to Fulfill Your Soul’s Deepest Calling and Impact Humanity.

    Keep forging the future with courage and heart.

    Big hugs across the quantum waves,
    Chindia Ilonka
    The Quantum Rebel

  11. That was absolutely brilliant!! Vishen you have such a great sense of humour.. I felt like I was watching a sit com about Ai 🤣

    Keep them coming!

  12. I had to leave a comment! I hope you colour code mine!! 😂😂
    I loved the video? I’ve actually decided to join the AI Summit. I’d love to learn how to clone myself! He’s even more sarcastic than you are. Well done allowing yourself to be vulnerable enough to have your idiosyncrasies made public! 💕

  13. Loved it. I has been interesting and enjoyable to have watch you grow over the years. You have done an amazing job with your company. Have you had any regrets in moving from the USA. It sure didn’t slow you down and with the way the states is right now probably for the best. Thanks for what you do. Doris from Canada

  14. I think AI cloning is weird as f#@k but I’m super curious to understand the point of view of people who are so into it. Also, you’re adorable.

  15. You are on a sacred mission, don’t forget that please.
    AI is a tool for the masses, easily causing misalignment as a trade off for scale. Recall even Steve Jobs was initiated directly by Ascended Master Haidakham Babaji https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haidakhan_Babaji , and re-read “Autobiography of a Yogi” every year of his adult life. You’re playing with egotistical fire. You may do more good than harm, but please be on the great lookout for harm, particularly with persons who engage with your scaled avatar. It’s way to easy to chose the “make myself popular way” than to correct a wayward thinking student.

  16. Hi!
    It is a very impressive tool. But I’ll be very cautious with it and always specified to your public who/when it is the real you or your clone.
    An AI clone can not be emotionally spontaneous, and people needs to feel “personalized” Love and Compassion.
    For basic teachings, it is OK.
    Bests

  17. I am an elementary-MS art teacher. My concern with using AI is that it’s not allowing people to work out their own creative ideas and solve problems, by going through their own processes.
    I just finished my masters in art education. I was told to run my paper through the AI editing system. It cleaned my grammar, punctuation and changed my writing so it wasn’t my voice anymore. I don’t like that.
    We still need hands on activity for our brains to grow. Many people learn by doing not just by reading about it. It’s a problem if we rely solely on it and not have the ability to control or change it. I don’t want anything automated to make my decisions for me. Suggestion maybe, but that’s my choice to accept it. Thanks! Love the information about Silva, meditation and universe energy. That’s more important to my life.

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