For the foreseeable future, and probably forever until the heat death of the universe, this will always be true: Everyone dies. But it’s still not an easy thing for many of us to accept, as the rising belief in transhumanism illustrates. Rest assured, one day the light will go out, whether we want to think about it or not. Increasingly, it’s looking like chatbots are going to be the ones helping some of us to accept the inevitable and wrestle with our very human questions about death. Researchers are already making bots that can talk people through their personal and, importantly, spiritual anxieties about death in addition to helping them plan for the end. What that says about us, I’m really not sure. Chatbots like LifeFolder’s Emily have popped up to mimic conversations with healthcare workers to help people plan—Emily, according to the company, is meant to imitate a “trained nurse” and walks you through end-of-life planning decisions like choosing someone to handle your affairs, etc… (READ MORE)
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