“Resurrection” with the help of AI: A miracle of technology or playing with fire?
Generative AI models, which include ChatGPT, is a chatbot that runs on the GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) artificial intelligence model developed by OpenAI. The model is trained on a large amount of text data and is designed to generate human-like answers to given questions or phrases.
ChatGPT always tries to understand the context of the question and generate an appropriate answer. The chatbot is capable of generating text in various styles and topics, and can be used in various fields and areas to facilitate routine or even creative tasks performed by a person.
Despite all the “coolness” of the platform, ChatGPT can give inaccurate or incorrect answers. The neural network may also exhibit bias or generate content that does not meet ethical standards. Therefore, ChatGPT must be used with caution and critically evaluate any information received.
” data-html=”true” data-original-title=”ChatGPT”>ChatGPT and image and video generators such as DALL·E 2 have taken the so-called “digital resurrection” – recreating departed people using their digital traces.
Debate around digital resurrection began in the 2010s, thanks to breakthroughs in video projection technology, allowing stars such as Bruce Lee and Michael Jackson to be “resurrected.” These technologies were initially only available to large film and music companies, but the advent of generative AI has expanded access.
Generative AI technologies have made it possible to create services like Here After and Replika, which provide the ability to “resurrect” loved ones to console the grieving. Some consider such technologies unacceptable, arguing that they violate cultural and ethical boundaries.
However, sociologists who study cultural memory practices say there is no cause for concern. Communicating with the departed through texts, images and artifacts is part of our lives, and people have long attached emotional significance to portraits and relics of the departed.
Generative AI is just the next step in the development of technologies that make it possible to preserve memories of loved ones. Experts emphasize that generative AI works in concert with our existing practices of grief, memory and recollection, rather than “disrupting” or “changing” them.
It should be noted that researcher Debra Bassett expressed concern that the “resurrected” may say things they would not have said in life and act according to someone else’s script, violating their personal integrity.
However, such technologies should be considered on a case-by-case basis. We often imagine what the departed might say to us in various situations. Images, texts, and other artifacts serve as means to maintain connection with them.
Overall, concerns about digital resurrection are considered to be greatly exaggerated. When we focus on the strange and sinister aspects of these new technologies, we lose sight of how these technologies fit and interact with who we are and what we do as people.
2023-09-22 16:04:32
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