Hello from the other side: the harmful effects of AI ‘deadbots’
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A chatbot designed to simulate a recently dead person whom you are grieving may seem like a helpful way to mourn, but new research shows that so-called deadbots can have devastating effects.
  • If you could speak to a dead loved one again, would you? AI chatbots offer people that opportunity – but new research shows this can have devastating effects
  • The chatbots – known as deadbots – risk causing psychological harm to the bereaved, a researcher warns
  • LiveLMEnglish
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    7 months ago

    Ah. Black Mirror S2, “Be Right Back”

    Fuck me, the “don’t create the torment nexus” meme is evergreen with these fucking companies