Eternal You review – death, download and digital afterlife in the age of the AI griefbot

Unsettling documentary considers whether the increasingly popular simulations of lost loved ones are really helping the bereaved

In the future, it’s possible that you won’t have to die. You’ll simply upload yourself. Or download a deceased loved one. In fact, some of this stuff isn’t even in the future; AI griefbots are already imitating the dead. Canadian writer Joshua Barbeau, devastated after the death of girlfriend Jessica, brought her back virtually using the website Project December. He uploaded some …

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