With digital networks and AI, there is a shift in identity once the person has died and for those left behind to mourn. Introducing the deceased into the grieving process means that digital identity is often co-constructed.
The shift is in who controls the grieving process. Whereas Facebook group pages are created by a human user, such as a family member or friend who posted memories in the form of images, videos, and text, AI death tech companies are directing humans to a formula of identical posthumous identity making, a one size fits all created by small data sets and standardized questions, therefore controlling posthumous digital identity.
Images: https://medium.com/technology-hits/creating-an-ai-photorealistic-digital-afterlife-2d7accb5e40a
Ginger Liu is the founder of Ginger Media & Entertainment, a Writer/Researcher in artificial intelligence and visual arts media — specifically Hollywood, death tech, digital afterlife, AI death and grief practices, AI photography, entertainment, security, and policy, and an author, writer, artist photographer, and filmmaker. Listen to the Podcast — The Digital Afterlife of Grief.
Ginger Liu is a writer who covers the latest developments in artificial intelligence, entertainment, and art.
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