‘I felt I was talking to him’: are AI personas of the dead a blessing or a curse?
by Dan Milmo Global technology editor from Technology | The Guardian on (#6NH9M)
As growing numbers of people turn to grieftech, some are disturbed by its possible consequences
When Christi Angel first talked to a chatbot impersonating her deceased partner, Cameroun, she found the encounter surreal and very weird".
Yes, I knew it was an AI system but, once I started chatting, my feeling was I was talking to Cameroun. That's how real it felt to me," she says.
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