The digital afterlife industry is booming, allowing people to converse with AI versions of deceased loved ones. While offering comfort, it risks hindering authentic mourning and raises ethical, legal, and philosophical concerns about consent, finality, and human meaning.
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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
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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
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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

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

"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