No one is ready for digital immortality: Do you want to live forever as a chatbot?

08/02/24 at 03:00 AM

No one is ready for digital immortality: Do you want to live forever as a chatbot? 
The Atlantic; by Kate Lindsay; 7/31/24 
Every few years, Hany Farid and his wife have the grim but necessary conversation about their end-of-life plans. ... In addition to discussing burial requests and financial decisions, Farid has recently broached an eerier topic: If he dies first, would his wife want to digitally resurrect him as an AI clone? ...  
Editor's Note: Click on the title's link to continue reading this fascinating and disturbing article about potential, new uses for AI. Calling all bereavement counselors--who are truly trained in contemporary grief theories, research, and clinical best practices--please learn about this trend and prepare to examine its use and misuse from your expertise, for now and through years ahead.

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