Digital Afterlife: How AI Is Changing Our Relationship With Death and Memory

Nov 08, 2025 03:18 pm CST

Exploring how AI technologies create "deathbots" that simulate deceased loved ones, this article examines the emerging digital afterlife industry. Researchers tested these systems themselves, finding that while AI can preserve stories and voices, it creates a tension between authentic remembrance and commercial simulation, raising profound questions about how technology is reshaping our understanding of death, memory, and grief in the digital age.