'I created my mom and talk to her': AI ghosts and deathslop are changing the way we mourn

The Guardian 

'Is AI keeping us from getting the social support that we need?' asks Dr Dan Wolfson. 'I created my mom and talk to her': AI ghosts and deathslop are changing the way we mourn'Is AI keeping us from getting the social support that we need?' asks Dr Dan Wolfson. The rise of AI-generated tributes and bots for'talking' to the dead has experts concerned more people will grieve in isolation T ributes rolled in after the death of Dolly Parton last month. Jack White performed Jolene at a London gig. Kesha sang Old Flames (Can't Hold a Candle to You), a single her mother wrote for the country music titan. Even Pitbull stopped his Madison Square Garden show to memorialize Parton and all the other "powerful women" in the crowd.