Hi-Phi Nation: The Digital Future of Grief

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🗓️ 11 April 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

When Justin’s mom was diagnosed with cancer, he knew he wanted to keep talking to her after she died. So together they made an AI version of her, training it on her speech patterns and memories. Now he is scaling his findings so that anyone can continue their relationships with loved ones after their deaths. Justin even believes this can one day lead to digital immortality. Grief experts are only now dealing with bereaved people who create digital versions of their loved ones. We look at what they say about the phenomenon, and what philosophers think about whether the best AI version of a person can actually be them. Guests include Alexandra Salmon, Justin Harrison, CEO of You, Only Virtual, Dr. Mary-Frances O’Connor, and Dr. Debra Bassett. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	My guy, I use the point with Ms. Football.
0:03.4	This summer it's time to get to know the players and your taste buds.
0:07.1	That's the line.
0:08.1	If 70% of the UK prefers the taste of Pepsi Max, you prefer Pepsi Max.
0:13.5	Firstly, for more, visit PepsiMax.withsportfryer.com to enter our quiz to win gig tickets and find your perfect playlist.
0:21.1	UK blind taste test with over 34,000 people versus UK's biggest selling food sugar cola.
0:26.0	But verification goes to Pepsi.co.uk forward slash FAQ.
0:32.0	I'm a fashion show or philosophy and reality meet from
0:37.0	faith.
0:40.0	Alexandra Salmon has been saving her mom's voice mails for years.
0:45.0	Hello sweetheart.
0:46.0	Dad and I are out to eat and he just went to the place.
0:49.0	Alex, why have you been doing that?
0:51.0	There's just something about her voice that always makes me feel better.
0:55.0	You just thought I would call you and tell you how proud I am of you.
1:00.0	It's almost like a portal into our relationship.
1:04.0	I think of your family and I love you very much.
1:07.0	And then one day I changed cell phone carriers and all of the voice mails disappeared.
1:15.0	I was devastated.
1:18.0	Did you try to get them back?
1:21.0	Yes I did.
1:22.0	I actually checked the cloud but unfortunately they weren't there.
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