‘Eternal You’ and the Ethics of Using A.I. to ‘Talk’ to Dead Loved Ones

‘Eternal You’ and the Ethics of Using A.I. to ‘Talk’ to Dead Loved Ones

In the 1960s, the science-fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke coined a useful adage: “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” He was right, as demonstrated by the almost mystical reverence with which people tend to describe artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT. We know it’s just software. We even kind of understand how the program works. But because it’s so advanced that it feels uncanny — like it knows me — we treat it with veneration and a…

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