# ‘I felt I was talking to him’: are AI personas of the dead a blessing or a curse?

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/i-felt-i-was-talking-to-him-are-ai-personas-of-the-dead-a-blessing-or-a-curse/
- Published: 2024-06-15T09:15:08-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Photo caption: Christi Angel describes in the documentary Eternal You her ‘very unsettling’ experience with a chatbot of her partner. Photo source: PR. Article by Dan Milmo. The Guardian – June 14, 2024. 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. […] Click here to view original web page at www.theguardian.com