Marketplace All-in-One Is grieving with AI a healthy way to cope?
Sep 2, 2025
In this engaging discussion, psychologist Elaine Kasket, who specializes in the intersection of mental health and technology, dives deep into the emerging trend of using AI to cope with grief. She reveals how tools can bring memories of deceased loved ones to life through animations and AI clones. While technology offers support, Kasket warns about the risks of commercializing grief and emphasizes the importance of personal healing. The conversation also highlights ethical concerns and the need for balance in maintaining real-life connections as we navigate loss.
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Grief Is Deeply Individual
- Grief is highly individual and what helps one person may harm another.
- Elaine Kasket warns AI can amplify vulnerability during loss rather than universally aid healing.
Watch For Commercial Exploitation
- AI services can exploit grieving people by framing grief as a problem to be solved for profit.
- Kasket cautions that treating loss as a pathology risks rendering people more psychologically vulnerable.
Use AI To Supplement Support, Not Replace It
- Use AI only if it fills a real social-support gap and helps you process emotions constructively.
- Seek human relationships or therapy when AI use replaces needed social support.
