**Stranger Than Heaven: By 2035, AI Will Simulate an Afterlife for Your Digital Ghost.**
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – In a development that feels stranger than heaven, a consortium of tech giants and neuroscientists announced today that by 2035, commercially available "Heaven Simulation Copies" will allow the deceased to upload their consciousness into a hyper-personalized paradise. The technology, dubbed "Elysium Sync," reconstructs your emotional memory map to craft an eternal environment tailored to your happiest moments—suggesting the afterlife isn't a place you go, but a program you become. Critics warn of ethical apocalypse, as the rich will essentially "buy their way into a better heaven," while the poor are left with default, ad-supported realms. "It’s the ultimate proof that reality is now stranger than heaven," said lead engineer Dr. Anya Volkov. "We’ve made death optional, but not fair."