AI ‘ghosts’ can comfort mourners — even when the bots get the facts wrong
Study participants loved the technology, a result that surprised researchers
People are using AI to “talk” with digital ghosts of deceased loved ones, echoing a famous "Black Mirror" episode in which a woman grows obsessed with — then angry at — an imperfect replica of her dead boyfriend. Researchers are now studying how people interact with similar grief technology.
Lina Jaradat