When grief and AI collide: These people are communicating with the dead | CNN Business
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When grief and AI collide: These people are communicating with the dead | CNN Business
‘Fredbot’ is one example of a technology known as chatbots of the dead , chatbots designed to speak in the voice of specific deceased people. Other examples are plentiful: in 2016, Eugenia Kuyda built a chatbot from the text messages of her friend Roman Mazurenko, who was killed in a traffic accident. The first Roman Bot, like Fredbot, was... See more
Amy Kurzweil • Are chatbots of the dead a brilliant idea or a terrible one? | Aeon Essays
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... See more
Amy Kurzweil • Are chatbots of the dead a brilliant idea or a terrible one? | Aeon Essays
Like human mediums and Ouija boards, these bots appear to meet one of our deepest desires: to speak with the dead once again.