Should we use AI to resurrect digital ‘ghosts’ of the dead?

When missing a loved one who has passed away, you might look at old photos or listen to old voicemails. Now, with artificial intelligence technology, you can also talk with a virtual bot made to look and sound just like them.

The companies Silicon Intelligence and Super Brain already offer this service. Both rely on generative AI, including large language models similar to the one behind ChatGPT, to sift through snippets of text, photos, audio recordings, video and other data. They use this information to create digital “ghosts” of the dead to visit the living.

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