Strange Things: New AI tools let you chat with your dead relatives

[GailL1]

I can see some usefulness to these AI apps but it is worrisome in many ways too.

Artificial Intelligence Chatbots - People can now chat with interactive AI versions of their deceased loved ones thanks to a new app. It works by storing people’s pre-recorded life stories and presenting them in a conversational format. 

Axios - 07/13/2022 New AI tools let you chat with your dead relatives

All I can say is WOW ! 

Should I start recording now?😯

[Tempest332]

Some dead relatives of somebody may be posting on here.... you think?

[DeanM287340]

A bit creepy...

[EricC28201]

Preservation of the experiences of Holocaust survivors seems a worthwhile application of the technology.  Like with almost all technology, how it is used is at least as important as whether it is used.

...now if Facebook et. al. would just put the same effort and resources into AI bots to require and verify credible citations to support statements made via their media and remove content that fails.