# Virtual Human Twin **Domain:** Digital Afterlife / Healthcare / Computational Modeling **Doc Type:** Canonical Concept **Maturity:** Developed **Evidence / Concept Status:** Active government-funded technical architecture ## Definition A **Virtual Human Twin (VHT)** is a personalized computational representation used to model human physiology, pathology, treatment, and clinical outcomes. ## Continuity Significance VHT infrastructure establishes repositories, interoperability, validation, lifecycle, compute, and governance mechanisms relevant to more persistent human representations. ## Existing Architecture / Evidence The European Commission's VHT Initiative and EDITH roadmap fund integrated models, repositories, platforms, interoperability, and clinical deployment. ## Evidentiary Boundary / Red-Team Note The present EU initiative is healthcare-oriented. It does not establish postmortem identity continuity or personhood. ## Related Ontology [[wiki/Digital Human Twin|Digital Human Twin]] · [[wiki/European Virtual Human Twins Initiative|European Virtual Human Twins Initiative]] · [[wiki/EDITH Virtual Human Twin Roadmap|EDITH Virtual Human Twin Roadmap]] · [[wiki/Medical Twin to Persistent Postmortem Twin|Medical Twin to Persistent Postmortem Twin]] ## Simple Reminders, Quotations, and Thoughts > "In the future, when our minds merge with artificial agents and also integrate various electronic prostheses, for each of our own real lives, we will create multiple simulated lives." > **— Clifford Pickover**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* [[reminders/Simulation/Merged Minds Could Live Multiple Simulated Lives by Clifford Pickover|Merged Minds Could Live Multiple Simulated Lives by Clifford Pickover]] ## Sources / Provenance - https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/virtual-human-twins