Would you turn to A.I. for grief?

[MsAmerica]

I find this repellent, but I'm sure some will love it.

Griefbots: Blurring the Reality of Death and the Illusion of Life
https://sites.uab.edu/humanrights/2025/02/07/griefbots-blurring-the-reality-of-death-and-the-illusion-of-life/

AI ‘Griefbots’ Resurrect Dead Loved Ones
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/ai-griefbots-resurrect-dead-loved-ones-healthy-or-harmful-2025a1000y3t?form=fpf

What can AI “griefbots” do for those in mourning?
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/can-ai-griefbots-help-us-heal/

That seems absolutely repellant and deeply unhealthy to me. I entirely understand how awful grief can be but to engage in chat with a computer pretending to be your loved one is messed up on so many levels.

Oh dear Lord no! What an awful thought. If I'm grieving I will turn to God for comfort, not AI!

I’d rather use AI than god. I was working through something this week - something I witnessed made me deeply uncomfortable. It definitely helped me to work out why and I have come to terms with it.

Obviously not ideal for grief. But as a tool it’s useful.

Black mirror has an episode on this. It was disturbing.

Some think God is ridiculous as AI tbf

It does have a kind of surreal, science-fictiony feel to it, doesn't it?