Cristian Cibils Bernardes is building something rare in tech—an AI product that helps people feel more human. In this conversation, we explore how his company, Autograph, is reimagining memory itself: weekly voice calls that become a living record of who you are, told in your own voice, so your loved ones can still ask you questions long after you’re gone.
We talk about what it means to preserve identity in the age of AI, the moral line between imitation and immortality, and how storytelling can help us reconnect with the parts of ourselves we’ve forgotten. Cristian shares how Autograph is fighting against the “AI slop” era by building something deeply personal, private, and purposeful—a product that doesn’t just remember for you, but helps you remember why you matter.
00:00 - Intro
00:41 - What is Autograph?
04:13 - Potential Network Effects of Autograph
07:51 - The Importance of Socratic Discussion
10:28 - The Signal/Noise Problem
13:24 - The Roadmap For Autograph
20:09 - Minimum Viable Preservation
21:58 - Ethics, Alignment, Slop and Driving Positive AI
26:47 - Dunbar's Number and Leveraging The Knowledge of People Like You
33:09 - Become The Protagonist
34:42 - Cultural Drift and The Historian's Fallacy
38:00 - The Lost Family Stories
41:57 - Agency Through Storytelling
48:13 - The Relationships Between Humans And Personified AI
52:02 - The Last Opinion Or Belief Cristian Changed His Mind About
55:58 - Try Autograph
