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[โ€“] explodicle@sh.itjust.works -2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'd be cool with it IFF it was a strong AI that could be free, like Alan Watts in the film Her.

[โ€“] Windex007@lemmy.world 25 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

If someone wants an AI companion, fine. If it's a crazy good one, fine.

But it's strictly predatory for it to be designed to make someone feel like it's someone else who was a real person, ESPECIALLY someone dealing with that type of grief.

You had to boot the mom out of the painting. There was no ambiguity on that one.