That still doesn’t seem the same to me. In the article at the link explained that historical figures are discussing the way in which they used to live thousands of years ago. This patent is for things going forward. Again, if I understand correctly. So for example you might have a social media account reporting to be that of Abraham Lincoln discussing the Trump impeachment.
The application I noted was for your own personal being and not one of someone else......
Of course, if People can self-identify as something they are not why not AI’s...
Hey, if John Wayne can be Ghengis Kahn the sky is the limit!