@inbook{adf28f6079634a1f94b9c305888c7f2e,
title = "AI and grief: A prospective study on the ethical and psychological implications of deathbots",
abstract = "Different projects are currently being devoted to the so-called griefbots or deathbots—chatbots based on the digital footprint left behind by the deceased through social media, emails, texting, and messaging systems—with the aim of giving the bereaved the chance to speak to their loved ones after their death. In parallel with the burgeoning of these AI-powered technologies, a growing number of studies are focusing on their possible ethical and psychological implications. However, with a few exceptions, little work has addressed this question empirically. To bridge this gap, this chapter includes a set of in-depth interviews with different mourners who are asked how they imagine deathbots—still in their developmental stage—might affect their grieving experience. Following on from previous theoretical work, the ethical and psychological implications of deathbots are discussed by considering the concept of mediation, as well as some recent approaches to grief, such as the notion of continuing bonds.",
keywords = "Deathbots, continuing bonds, cultural psychology, ethics, grief, griefbots, imagination, interviews, mediation",
author = "Bel{\'e}n Jim{\'e}nez-Alonso and {Bresc{\'o} de Luna}, {Ignacio Bresco de}",
year = "2024",
doi = "10.1016/B978-0-443-18851-0.00011-1",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-0-443-18851-0",
series = "Elsevier Book Series on Intelligent Data Centric Systems",
publisher = "Elsevier",
pages = "175--191",
editor = "Joan Casas-Roma and Santi Caball{\'e} and Jordi Conesa",
booktitle = "Ethics in Online AI-Based Systems",
address = "United Kingdom",
}