Exploring Immortality Through Technology and Grief

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The chapter delves into the emotional complexities of coping with grief and the desire for immortality through technology, discussing the creation of cloned DNA replicas and simulations of deceased loved ones. The speakers reflect on personal experiences, ethical considerations, and the potential benefits and drawbacks of leaving behind a digital legacy for interacting with deceased individuals through AI technology.

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.