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Resurrecting loved ones as AI 'ghosts' could harm your mental health

It may soon be possible to recreate the persona of someone who has died by training an artificial intelligence on their emails and texts - but is it a good idea?

By Matthew Sparkes

26 February 2024

Could your loved one be reborn as an AI?

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Resurrecting deceased loved ones using artificial intelligence could harm mental health, create dependence on the technology and even spur a new religion, researchers have warned.

AI chatbots trained on text from the internet have become ever more capable and convincing in recent years. at the University of Colorado Boulder and at Google DeepMind say the possibility of training such an AI solely on the archived emails, text messages and other writings from a single person, to create a replica of them after…

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