The man who turned his dead father into a chatbot

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-68944898

The "grief tech" firms helping users create talking avatars of their dead relatives.

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DarkSpectrum@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y

This is an episode of Black Mirror

regrub@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y
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steakmeoutt@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 2y

Awful. Just awful. A parent of mine just recently passed away and I miss them every day. I would never do this ghoulish thing.

maquise@ttrpg.network · 7 pts · 2y (1 reply)

“Secure your soul.”

Skyline969@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 2y

You get us a helicopter, I’ll grab the nuke.

xkbx@startrek.website · 4 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Pretty sure this is how Pantheon started

KISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

Pretty sure this is how religion started