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I think “talking” with dead relatives or friends will become real pretty soon.

If people can find comfort hearing their mom say words of encouragement in a tough situation, I think a lot of people would do it. Kinda hard because for some others that would mean never getting closure.

Weird stuff is certainly about to happen…

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The last thing on earth I'd want is for any aspect of my dead relatives to be reanimated through technology. No. That's absolutely fucking horrific to consider. I don't need a hallucinating AI pretending to be my dead wife. That's literally shambolic.

There is vastly more potential for that to be abused by others than used in any emotionally or socially constructive way.

I would also find that very creepy and it would probably keep you from moving on. I think there is a big difference between remembering what happened by looking at a photo or hearing an audio recording and having newly generated "content" from a deceased loved one.

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