AI Ethics in the Digital Afterlife: Safeguards Needed to Avoid Unwanted AI "Hauntings"
The prospect of interacting with digital avatars of deceased individuals, facilitated by advancements in artificial intelligence, poses potential psychological risks, according to a new study from the University of Cambridge. Researchers at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence have raised concerns about the emerging field of "digital afterlife," where AI-powered chatbots, known a