NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly talks with Michael Bommer, a man dying of colon cancer who created an AI avatar of himself for his wife, Anett, to interact with after he dies.
MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST:
A growing number of companies are posing a radical idea – live on after you die through artificial intelligence. Digital avatars mirroring a person’s voice and demeanor now offer a unique way to memorialize loved ones and even simulate an interaction with them after they’ve died. Well, some ethicists have been quick to raise potential red flags like, does this technology inhibit the grieving process?
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