[BenLurkin]

"living users could train a digital replacement in the event of their death."

Nobody could possibly be that vain.

Oh...yes......

[DesertRhino]

Liberalism is a death cult.

[Diogenesis]

clever.

first, GateXi tracks the population,
for the murderers (virus makers and “Vaccine” makers),
and then, sells them the software to talk to AI replacements.

why is he allowed to breathe air?

[Celerity]

This is the story behind cyberpunk 2077.

[BenLurkin]

of possible interest?

[nevergore]

At first blush, I was revulsed......

Then I thought about it, we currently do this with historical figures.....

There is really no ethical, moral, or Biblical reason against it that I’m aware of......

Final opinion, Ehhhh...whatever.....

[Larry Lucido]

Except now your dead relatives will have adwords anc clickbait.

[Uncle Miltie]

What could possibly go wrong?

</ playing god>

[algore]

Another revenue stream from the ‘always listening’ device in your house.

[Uncle Miltie]

Judaism has a thorough, tested method for grief, mourning and MOVING ON!

Microsoft is here to replace successful religious practice with the macabre mind numbing stasis of the paat.

[TigerLikesRoosterNew]

There was an experimental project on virtual assistant. Its voice was the dead mother of a girl. It gives the feeling that mother's spirit is with her daughter helping her. Her mother is dead, but she is still watching over her.

That was the concept. I knew somebody will take it to the next level, a full-fledged personal assistant with same profile including close replica of voice of the deceased.

It is a matter of time. Expect this to become widespread in near future. People will spend a lot of money to get one.

[ConservaTexan]

Liberals already revive dead people...as democrat voters.

[jdsteel]

Hell...Democrats already have them voting.

[freedumb2003]

Hey wait!

That was MY plan, I was going to have a solar powered military grade AV display on my tombstone with an AI me modeled after Max Headroom.

I also want a night vision casket cam so people can see my decomposition in real time.

All internet enabled of course.

[Paradox]

Ok, this is freaky, I dreamed about something like this last night, using more personalized information about the person who passed, I woke up hashing this idea out, it had me in tears actually as I thought about my dad, who is probably not too long for this world.

Then I come into FR and see this... wow..

[fruser1]

The good thing about this is that it provides plausible deniability to accusations based on your statements, written or audio.

The answer to all such charges is now simply “chatbot”.

[I-ambush]

Harcourt ? Harcourt Fenton Mudd! Have you been drinking again?

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Fred Pohl’s “Heechee” stories used this concept quite a bit, and went further to envision human personalities copied to virtual environments. It’ll probably happen someday.

[Bayard]

Doncha just want to read tweets from Gandhi about resistance, and from Hitler as they voice white power?

[cyberstoic]

So if my loved one chat bot AI gets the famous Microsoft blue screen of death or red ring of death, does that mean I have to mourn them a second time?

[hoagy62]

I have a friend who lost her mom rather rapidly to Lewy Body Syndrome. (It’s said that’s what Robin Williams was diagnosed with, which made him commit suicide.)

There isn’t a week goes by that she doesn’t lament her mom, and it’s almost sounds kinda...well, sick...because she doesn’t seem to be able to allow the grief to run its course and move on.

Something like this would probably be a very bad thing for her.

As far as the Bible saying anything about it, the best I could find is Deuteronomy 18:11-12, which prohibited speaking to the dead through necromancers. I don’t know if this would qualify, but it sounds really similar.

I would personally give this a hard pass.