AI ‘Griefbots’ Resurrect Dead Loved Ones — Healthy or Harmful? | MedScape
Justin Harrison’s mother passed away in 2022, but he still speaks with her every week.
While his mother was still alive, Harrison recreated her virtually using generative artificial intelligence (AI) trained on videos, audio recordings, text messages, and basic information about her. This virtual persona, or “versona,” interacts with him and speaks much in the same way his mother did. He calls her after small wins, such as running a mile, or difficult times, such as when he’s sick.
Harrison turned his process into a platform called You, Only Virtual (YOV), and his mother is now one among thousands who exist virtually, resurrected after death.
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Of course, AI developers don’t do small or subtle. So the digital afterlife industry uses its immortality tools to create the third bit of new vocabulary: “griefbots,” the name given to AI simulations of the deceased.
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More at the link: ‘Griefbots’ Resurrect Dead Loved Ones — Healthy or Harmful?
Comment: The better approach would be to belong to a loving, Bible believing church, be engaged in its ministry, receive the ministry of fellow saints, and walk closely with our God, who knows all our griefs.
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