{"id":237053,"date":"2026-04-29T09:29:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T13:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/29\/ai-deadbots-can-fuel-pathological-grief-and-affect-how-we-deal-with-death\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T11:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T15:00:11","slug":"ai-deadbots-can-fuel-pathological-grief-and-affect-how-we-deal-with-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/29\/ai-deadbots-can-fuel-pathological-grief-and-affect-how-we-deal-with-death\/","title":{"rendered":"AI \u2018deadbots\u2019 can fuel pathological grief and affect how we deal with death"},"content":{"rendered":"

AI \u2018deadbots\u2019 can fuel pathological grief and affect how we deal with death<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/theconversation.com\/ai-deadbots-can-fuel-pathological-grief-and-affect-how-we-deal-with-death-280683<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-04-29 09:29:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: theconversation.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Due to recent developments in artificial intelligence (AI), it\u2019s now possible to digitally \u201crevive\u201d dead people and interact with them. <\/p>\n

These \u201cresurrections\u201d are sometimes voluntary and planned, but other times, they happen without the consent of families or loved ones. Humans have always fantasized about living forever. But what are we to make of this new way of \u201cartificially\u201d prolonging our existence? Is it desirable? What are the main ethical issues raised by the emergence of \u201cgriefbots\u201d or \u201cdeadbots?\u201d<\/p>\n

As an associate professor at the School of Public Health (ESPUM) at the Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al, I am an ethicist and researcher who specializes in governance, ethics, law, AI and responsible research conduct. <\/p>\n

I lead a research project called Artificial Immortality: Ethical, legal and artistic perspectives. As part of this project, I\u2019ve published an article with two students on the ethical considerations of artificial immortality.<\/p>\n

Fragile boundaries<\/h2>\n

Posthumous digital avatars are created from the digital traces left behind by dead people during their lifetime. Social media posts, photos, audio and video recordings are all traces that can be used to feed these avatars. Built through a combination of AI, machine learning and advanced data analysis, these avatars can recreate the physical and psychological likeness, personality and even memories of the deceased.<\/p>\n

The result is that users may be left in doubt about whether or not this is the \u201creal\u201d person. This technology is taking root in a world where virtual life has become well established. So interactions with a digital avatar, whether posthumous or not, are becoming almost commonplace. But the advent of posthumous avatars raises significant ethical issues.<\/p>\n


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Autonomy, data protection and privacy<\/h2>\n

Amid these concerns, particular attention must…<\/p>\n

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