The article explores the emotional impact of AI in mourning, with a focus on a person who relies on a digital replica of their deceased mother. While this AI offers solace, it also traps them in a cycle of grief, causing friction with their partner and affecting family dynamics. As they seek further digital companionship, the article mentions the growing trend of AI therapy and its implications for genuine human interaction. The phenomenon, termed The Eliza Effect, highlights the complexities of emotional bonds formed with AI, rooted in historical developments of early AI programs.
In the final months of her life, your mother, while in palliative care, paid an AI company to create a digital replica of herself.
The voice is 70% accurate, the video nearly lifelike, and the illusion brings comfort.
AI services for love, mourning, and mental health are booming, reshaping human relationships in ways both profound and unsettling.
The origins of the Eliza Effect trace back to ELIZA, the earliest documented instance of users forming emotional bonds with an AI.
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