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Sundance documentary Eternal You shows how AI companies are ‘resurrecting’ the dead
Eternal You follows AI companies who are using the technology to help people "speak" to the dead.
This isn't a preview of the next season of Black Mirror — these are all true stories from the Sundance documentary Eternal You, a fascinating and frightening dive into tech companies using AI to digitally resurrect the dead. That's a situation that many users of AI resurrection services will likely encounter: Rationality can easily overwhelm your emotional response while "speaking" with a dead loved one, even if the conversation is just occurring over text. Eternal You also introduces us to Joshua Barbeau, a freelance writer who became a bit of an online celebrity in 2021 when The San Francisco Chronicle reported o n his Project December chatbot: a digital version of his ex-fiancee Jessica.
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