[Opinion Piece] Hello from the other side: the harmful effects of AI ‘deadbots’
https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/gadgets/article/3262001/back-dead-online-how-ai-chatbots-simulate-lost-loved-ones-might-cause-unwanted-digital-hauntings
- 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
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Apytele@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 2y
orangeNgreen@vger.social · 4 pts · 2y
I think I saw this episode of Black Mirror
Tull_Pantera@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 2y
LiveLM@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 2y
Ah. Black Mirror S2, "Be Right Back"
Fuck me, the "don't create the torment nexus" meme is evergreen with these fucking companies
Draegur@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y
in The Least Surprising News Ever...
amio@kbin.social · 2 pts · 2y
"If you could-" Can't, though.
What in the name of Holy Super-Obvious Fucking Scam, Batman is this shit?
IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Not a study so, duh? This was a sci-fi trope for ages.