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‘I created my mom and talk to her’: AI ghosts and deathslop are changing the way we mourn
AI EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The growing trend of using artificial intelligence to create interactive chatbots and digital tributes of deceased loved ones has raised concerns among experts. These digital replicas may encourage individuals to process their grief in isolation rather than through traditional support systems.
WHY IT MATTERS
This story matters because the widespread adoption of AI-powered grief tech introduces new psychological challenges and alters traditional mourning practices.
The rise of AI-generated tributes and bots for ‘talking’ to the dead has experts concerned more people will grieve in isolationTributes rolled in after the death of Dolly Parton last month. Jack White performed Jolene at a London gig. Kesha sang Old Flames (Can’t Hold a Candle to You), a single her mother wrote for the country music titan. Even Pitbull stopped his Madison Square Garden show to memorialize Parton and all the other “powerful women” in the crowd. But one of the strangest – and most...
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