I am creating several scenarios for the sessions I faciliate. I would love to run this one here!
IMAGINE: In 2125, AI and robotics have advanced to create perfect android replicas of deceased loved ones. These replicas not only look and sound like the original person but also behave, emote, and adapt with startling realism, drawing from extensive digital and personal archives. Families embrace them for comfort, while others view them as unsettling echoes of the past. Society is divided on whether these androids are a gift of connection or a distortion of human life.
If you had the chance to bring back a loved one as an AI, would you?
I struggle to see why anyone who isn't actively grieving would want this.
Until we can upload our brains to a computer, you're not getting anything close to the real person. No memories, no lived experiences, no secrets that affect how they act. You get a chatbot that is trained on the most shallow of data on a person. Cool, grandpa's personality....kinda...
I wouldn't want what OP is suggesting, but if we hadn't lost the cassette and VHS tapes that Mom left behind, I'd love to hear her voice again and possibly use it on a mental health focused local AI. Work towards using her voice on karaoke tracks to sing alongside her on her favorite songs, or even for custom audiobooks.
She could never be recreated, but the things she stood for could be carried through, in pursuit of remembrance and celebration of who she was rather than grieving and coping. It's been 27 years since she last provoked my creativity as a child, and I'm certain she'd approve of careful, personal, and local use to keep her creative energy flowing.
Huh, this sounds like it might actually have some utility. Delta.