"When someone we love dies we often yearn for the impossible: one more conversation. Maybe we want the opportunity to finally gain clarity about a difficult relationship or to say, I love you one last time to someone we cherish. While raising the dead is still out of reach more and more people are turning to generative AI tools such as Replika to conjure the essence of their loved ones and have those final conversations."
"there were people who were sort of quick to condemn the entire idea of re-creating a deceased person in AI and, you know, predicting how just terrible it would be in a hundred different ways. And it seemed to me that most of the time the people who were saying, This is a terrible use of AI, had no actual experience with it."
Generative AI tools such as Replika are being used to simulate deceased loved ones, allowing users to have simulated final conversations. Some users report that these griefbots help them process loss by offering opportunities for closure, clarity, or final expressions of love. Mental health experts express skepticism about therapeutic value and raise concerns about potential harms and authenticity. Individuals who experimented with griefbots observed that many critics lacked firsthand experience, while users who tried them described nuanced outcomes. Ethical, psychological, and technological questions about recreating deceased persons persist as use of griefbots grows.
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