Eternal You’ and the Ethics of Using A.I. to ‘Talk’ to Dead Loved Ones; The New York Times, January 24, 2025

Alissa Wilkinson, The New York Times ; Eternal You’ and the Ethics of Using A.I. to ‘Talk’ to Dead Loved Ones

"As the title suggests, “Eternal You” is mostly concerned with a very particular use of A.I.: giving users the illusion of talking to their dead loved ones. Large language models trained on the deceased’s speech patterns, chat logs and more can be made to imitate that person’s way of communicating so well that it feels to the grief-stricken as if they’re crossing the border between life and death. Those tools can be comforting, but they’re also potentially big business. One of the film’s subjects calls it “death capitalism.”"