{"id":619904,"date":"2024-05-09T20:32:18","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T17:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/deadbots-and-the-digital-afterlife-industry-risk-haunting-the-living-2\/"},"modified":"2024-05-09T20:32:18","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T17:32:18","slug":"deadbots-and-the-digital-afterlife-industry-risk-haunting-the-living-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/deadbots-and-the-digital-afterlife-industry-risk-haunting-the-living-2\/","title":{"rendered":"#&#8217;Deadbots&#8217; and the &#8216;digital afterlife industry&#8217; risk haunting the living"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40e05486011\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40e05486011\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/deadbots-and-the-digital-afterlife-industry-risk-haunting-the-living-2\/#Deadbots_coming_to_life\" >Deadbots coming to life<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div id=\"article-main-content\">\n                            AI ethicists have called for urgent safeguards against an emerging \u201cdigital afterlife\u201d industry.<\/p>\n<p>The concerns centre on chatbots\u00a0that mimic the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>earances, speech, and personalities of dead people.<\/p>\n<p>Known as \u201cdeadbots\u201d or \u201cgriefbots,\u201d these AI clones are trained on data about the deceased. They then provide simulated interactions with virtual recreations of the departed.<\/p>\n<p><span>This \u201cpostmortem presence\u201d can <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> and psychological harm, according to researchers from Cambridge University.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Their new study highlights several risks. One involves the use of deadbots for advertising. By mimicking\u00a0lost loved <span style=\"color: #000000;\">ones<\/span>, deadbots could manipulate their vulnerable <span style=\"color: #1d1d1d;\">survivors<\/span>\u00a0into buying products.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inarticle-wrapper latest channel-cta hs-embed-tnw\">\n<div id=\"hs-embed-tnw\" class=\"channel-cta-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"channel-cta-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/events.tnw\/hardfork-2018\/uploads\/visuals\/tnw-newsletter.png\"\/><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/events.tnw\/hardfork-2018\/uploads\/visuals\/tnw-newsletter.png\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"channel-cta-input\">\n<p class=\"channel-cta-title\">The &lt;3 of EU tech<\/p>\n<p class=\"channel-cta-tagline\">The latest rumblings from the EU tech scene, a story from our wise ol&#8217; founder Boris, and some questionable AI art. It&#8217;s free, every week, in your inbox. Sign up now!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Another concern addresses therapeutic applications. The researchers fear that these will create an \u201c<span>overwhelming emotional weight.\u201d This could intensify the grieving process into endless virtual interactions.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Deadbots_coming_to_life\"><\/span>Deadbots coming to life<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The study also envisions deadbots spamming users with unwanted notifications. The researchers compare this to being \u201cdigitally stalked by the dead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a prospect that\u2019s quickly becoming a reality. Services such as \u201c<span>Project December\u201d and \u201cHereAfter\u201d already offer customers a chance to<\/span> digitally resurrect the dead.<\/p>\n<p>To mitigate their risks, the researchers have called for deadbot designers to seek consent from \u201cdata donors\u201d before they die. They also want the products to regularly alert users about the risks, provide easy opt-out protocols, and bar disrespectful uses of deadbots.<\/p>\n<p>Another suggested safeguard is user-friendly termination methods. These could even involve a \u201cdigital funeral\u201d for the deadbot.<\/p>\n<p><span>All these measures need to consider both the dead and those they leave behind.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is vital that digital afterlife services consider the rights and consent not just of those they recreate, but those who will have to interact with the simulations,\u201d said Dr Tomasz Hollanek, one of the study co-authors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese services run the risk of causing huge distress to people if they are subjected to unwanted digital hauntings from alarmingly accurate AI recreations of those they have lost. 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The concerns centre on chatbots\u00a0that mimic the appearances, speech, and personalities of dead people. Known as \u201cdeadbots\u201d or \u201cgriefbots,\u201d these AI clones are trained on data about the deceased. They then provide simulated interactions with virtual recreations of the departed. 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