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In Conversation: What happened when a man made a chatbot of his dead fiancée

In Conversation: What happened when a man made a chatbot of his dead fiancée

FromApple News Today


In Conversation: What happened when a man made a chatbot of his dead fiancée

FromApple News Today

ratings:
Length:
24 minutes
Released:
Sep 4, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Jason Fagone is a writer for the San Francisco Chronicle. In a recent article, Fagone details how Joshua Barbeau created an A.I.-powered chatbot based on his late fiancée. The technology brings up ethical and moral questions about the ways we use A.I. and process loss.
Released:
Sep 4, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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