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AI ‘reanimations’: Making facsimiles of the dead raises ethical quandaries

By Nir Eisikovits, Professor of Philosophy and Director, Applied Ethics Center, UMass Boston
Daniel J. Feldman, Senior Research Fellow, Applied Ethics Center, UMass Boston

AI avatars of dead people are teaching courses and testifying in court. Even with the best of intentions, the emerging practice of AI ‘reanimations’ is an ethical quagmire.

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