Sarah Wambold & Rem Moore: Only Loss
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Sarah Wambold & Rem Moore: Only Loss
Many critics view this technological endeavour as an especially abject form of death denial. A common objection to these bots is that emotionally vulnerable users may become so invested in their interactions that they will conflate their chatbot with the deceased person, or lose sight of the fact that the person is gone. As the philosopher Patrick ... See more
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The form of death-related posting practices suggests an important dimension of how users imagine the afterlife, namely that the deceased may be able to receive electronic communications from the living.
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To some, chatbots of the dead are useful tools that can help us grieve, remember, and reflect on those we’ve lost. To others, they are dehumanising technologies that conjure a dystopian world. They raise ethical questions about consent, ownership, memory and historical accuracy: who should be allowed to create, control or profit from these represen... See more
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