Ghosts in the SheLLM: Chatbot ethics with James Muldoon

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/

People in this episode

Hosts: Gus, Caitlin

Guest: James Muldoon

Topics covered

• AI ethics
• chatbots
• grief
• data privacy
• technology

Keywords

• AI
• chatbot ethics
• data
• grief
• technology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Essex Business School, Oxford Internet Institute

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