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Sorry but this is a little judgemental. Even a photo is 'fake'. This is somewhere between a photo and a cloned copy. I don't think there is reason to believe (yet) that this will lead most people's minds to break from reality. It may be an effective coping mechanism while they slowly adapt to the passing of their loved one.

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Not sure what you call fake. Sometimes we just need a place to say something that's important, to feel the connection. Pretending that this never happened was the first thing I did, and that didn't help. Sometimes in order to let go you have to come as close as possible.

> Not sure what you call fake.

I was responding to parent's

> I wish there was a way for people to learn how to do that instead of rely on fakes.

where 'fake' is presumably a prop like the chatbot being discussed.

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