Exploring the transition towards high-level values and the evolving approach to grief, highlighting the significance of suffering and finding meaning amidst the pursuit of pleasure in human existence.
Would an AI simulation of your dead loved one be a blessing or an abomination? And if you knew that after your own death, your loved ones would create a simulation of you, how would that knowledge change the way you choose to live today? These are some of the questions psychologist Paul Bloom discusses with EconTalk's Russ Roberts as we stand on the threshold of digital immortality.