Ghosts in the SheLLM: Chatbot ethics with James Muldoon

Ghosts in the SheLLM: Chatbot ethics with James Muldoon

March 13, 2026 · 38 min

About this episode

The episode discusses the ethical implications of using deceased individuals' data to create chatbots.

This week we're discussing what happens when AI is trained on a dead person's data to bring them back as a chatbot. Find out more from Gus and Caitlin, and their guest James Muldoon, Reader in Management at Essex Business School and Research Associate at the Oxford Internet Institute, about the ethics, the grief, and the companies making it happen. Links - https://jamesmuldoon.org - https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571399277-love-machines/

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