Ep. 338: COMMON GROUND: AI Grief Bots - Solving Grief or Distorting it?

About this episode

The episode explores the ethical implications of AI grief bots through a discussion between a tech entrepreneur and a cyberpsychologist.

This is the first of a series of episodes that feature opposing sides of a hot topic. Today it’s the a tech entrepreneur who founded a grief bot service vs a cyberpsychologist specializing in the ethics of death & the digital. We ask, is this healing or avoidance? Can the dead consent to this? What is the potential for harm? John Kammer is the founder of Guardian A[I]ngels, a subscription service that sends you journal prompts in the voice of your deceased loved one. &...

People in this episode

Host: Meredith Hackwith Edwards

Guest: John Kammer

Topics covered

• AI
• grief
• ethics
• technology
• death
• digital
• mental health

Keywords

• AI grief bots
• John Kammer
• Guardian A[I]ngels
• digital death
• cyberpsychology
• grief
• ethics
• mental health

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Guardian A[I]ngels

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