Woman Tries 'Resurrecting' Late Father With AI, Finds Tech Can't Replace Lost Loved Ones But Offers Path to Healing
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After author's dad died in 2019, she tried using AI chatbot ChatGPT to "bring him back to life" by training it to speak like him. It made her confront her grief.
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She wanted ChatGPT and her dad to have a conversation so he could "meet" her husband. But replicating his quirky speech patterns proved very difficult.
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The imperfect bot made her realize tech can't truly replace a lost loved one. This forced her to process sadness over dad missing milestones.
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She found peace creating an AI-generated short film based on a dream about her dad after he died. The visuals looked eerily like them.
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While AI couldn't cure her grief, the creative process gave her closure. She realized the technology's power lies in helping us understand ourselves.