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倉鼠Feb 20

“Sharma is among a growing number of Indians discovering the power of AI deepfakes to resurrect dead family members, create voice clones of the departed, and add absent guests to family celebrations.”

https://restofworld.org/2026/ai-deepfakes-grief-celebrations-india/

#AI #India #GriefTech

Family deepfakes help people celebrate and grieve in India

There is growing demand for recreating dead and absent family members for events using AI.

Rest of World
The-14Feb 5
An ‘AI afterlife’ is now a real option – but what becomes of your legal status?
#Tech #AI #AIEthics #DigitalAfterlife #GriefTech #TechCriticism #TechAndLaw #PrivacyRights #TechEthics #DataOwnership #AIRegulation #DigitalIdentity #GriefBots #HumanRights
https://the-14.com/an-ai-afterlife-is-now-a-real-option-but-what-becomes-of-your-legal-status/
An ‘AI afterlife’ is now a real option – but what becomes of your legal status? | The-14

AI-driven digital afterlives raise urgent legal and ethical questions about consent, ownership, identity and responsibility after death in a growing grief tech industry.

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The News LensJan 10

悲傷科技下的親密幻覺：當生成式AI替逝者回訊，我們究竟和誰在說話？

讀者投書 2026-01-10 16:00:00 CST本文探討「悲傷科技」運用AI模擬逝者以提供慰藉。作者剖析此舉雖能創造臨場感，卻也形成單向的擬社會關係，從而反思科技如何重塑我們對陪伴、關係與真實告別的理解。
https://www.thenewslens.com/article/263315
#演算法 #Grieftech #死亡 #數位復活 #柳翰洋 #媒介臨場感 #科技 #親密感 #悲傷科技 #擬社會關係 #往生者 #數位遺產 #Parasocial Interaction #AI #生成式AI

悲傷科技下的親密幻覺：當生成式AI替逝者回訊，我們究竟和誰在說話？ - TNL The News Lens 關鍵評論網

本文探討「悲傷科技」運用AI模擬逝者以提供慰藉。作者剖析此舉雖能創造臨場感，卻也形成單向的擬社會關係，從而反思科技如何重塑我們對陪伴、關係與真實告別的理解。

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Ars Technica NewsJun 13, 2025
How to draft a will to avoid becoming an AI ghost—it’s not easy https://arstechni.ca/K6k5 #ArtificialIntelligence #digitalreplicas #airesurrection #estateplanning #grieftech #Features #aighost #ChatGPT #Policy #AI
How to draft a will to avoid becoming an AI ghost—it’s not easy

Why requests for “no AI resurrections” will probably go ignored.

Ars Technica
MatSep 29, 2024
Today I learnt about grief tech, and one man's mission, in his own words, for the "complete and total eradication of grief". Using AI as a means of resurrection has already been explored by the Black Mirror episode Be Right Back, and whilst I understand it's hard losing someone and the urge to bring them back, I definitely would not want to be resurrected in this way. https://www.theguardian.com/news/video/2024/sep/24/back-from-the-dead-could-ai-end-grief-video #grieftech #blackmirror #genai
Back from the dead: could AI end grief? – video

Tech entrepreneur Justin Harrison is on a mission to fundamentally change how we experience loss, using artificial intelligence to recreate the essence of dead loved ones from their digital footprint. His company, You, Only Virtual is part of a growing worldwide 'grief tech' industry harnessing AI to attempt to replace what has naturally departed. The Guardian visited him and one of his clients to attempt to understand his aims, how realistic they may become as the technology develops – and what it says about humanity if we are to be so easily replicated digitally

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The Japan TimesFeb 3, 2024
"100 years from now, it's going to seem strange that people just died." @Eliz_Beattie wraps up our series on immortality by looking at how technologists are approaching it. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/02/03/tech/immortality-technology-minduploading-grieftech/?utm_content=buffer2b6f9&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #business #tech #immortality #minduploading #grieftech #death #aging #ai
The digital beyond: Is an eternal existence within grasp?

Immortality has been a dream for centuries, but scientists doubt its possibility. Can technologists and coders find a virtual path instead?

The Japan Times
Mason Pelt dot comMay 30, 2023

The AI Anti-Utopia, And Other Stories

Software is replacing artists and writers who enjoy their work while warehouse staffers pee in bottles

https://www.masonpelt.com/the-ai-anti-utopia-and-other-stories/

#Advertising #AI #AllianceOfMotionPictureAndTelevisionProducers #BuzzFeedNews #ChatGPT #CoryDoctorow #economy #film #GriefTech #JoeBiden #MachineLearning #scam #scams #SearchEngine #StreamingCompanies #Telly #TheDailyShow #TheNewYorkTimes #TV #WritersGuildOfAmerica #WritersStrike

The AI Anti-Utopia, And Other Stories - Mason Pelt

Software is replacing artists and writers who enjoy their work while warehouse staffers pee in bottles to make quota. AI is turning into a shitty anti-utopia. As I write this, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) has been on strike for 28 days. In a negotiation with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers […]

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Mason Pelt dot comMay 26, 2023

AI Enabled Greed And Stupidity

The content units mindset makes AI replacing human writers inevitable. This AI future won’t just replace writers, when the goal is chur

https://www.masonpelt.com/ai-enabled-greed-and-stupidity/

#Adobe #ads #AI #BuzzFeed #CNET #Drake #FederalTradeCommissionFTC #fraud #GettyImages #GriefTech #JoeBiden #knowtechie #Men039sJournal #mrbeast #OpenAI #RichardMathenge #SamAltman #Sama #scam #StabilityAI #TheWeekend #Wired #WritersGuildOfAmerica #WritersStrike

AI Enabled Greed And Stupidity - Mason Pelt

The content units mindset makes AI replacing human writers inevitable. This AI future won’t just replace writers, when the goal is churning out more content units, ever cheaper, every creative is on the chopping block. The sword that will cut their jobs is being forged with their work.

Mason Pelt
Mason Pelt dot comMay 20, 2023

AI Grief Tech Sure Seems Predatory

My latest for KnowTechie is a criticism of "grief tech," the growing number of AI chatbots that are trained with data of deceased loved ones. These tools, almost all seem as predatory as a Victorian-era séance.

Grief tech seems predatory as a Victorian-era séance

AI’s have simple objectives of satisfying a user. Large language models are prone to 

https://www.masonpelt.com/ai-grief-tech-sure-seems-predatory/

#AI #GriefTech #knowtechie #sance

AI Grief Tech Sure Seems Predatory - Mason Pelt

My latest for KnowTechie is a criticism of “grief tech,” the growing number of AI chatbots that are trained with data of deceased loved ones. These tools, almost all seem as predatory as a Victorian-era séance. Grief tech seems predatory as a Victorian-era séance RELATED  Rick Beato Talks About How AI Will Impact Music

Mason Pelt