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The AI Syllabus

This guide is designed to provide access to the concepts and resources comprising the AI Syllabus by Anne Kingsley and Emily Moss.

Grief and Memory

Critical Inquiry: 

How are people using AI for grief and healing?

What are the possibilities and limitations and implications of this use case?

Sources

Grief and Memory

Sources: 

Vauhini, V. (2021, August 9). Ghosts. The Believer.

  • The author of this article used a generative AI to co-write stories about her deceased sister and was moved by the results. #Practical #Philosophical 

 

Fagone, J. (2021, July 23). The Jessica simulation: Love and loss in the age of AI. San Francisco Chronicle. 

  • This long form article profiles Joshua who experiments with Project December - an AI-based simulator - to explore his grief. #Practical #Philosophical 

 

Turner, S. (2021, June). “I look at my mum’s old house on Google maps street view”. Twitter feed.

  • Twitter essay on mourning in Google street view. #Practical #Philosophical 

 

Bryce, A.L. (2023, March). “The Rise of Grief Tech: AI is being used to bring the people you love back from the dead”. 

  • This article explores how AI technologies can help preserve memories and help with grief. #Practical 


Godfrey, C. (2019, April). “The Griefbot that Could Change How We Mourn”.

  • This article discusses how a data scientist is building an AI of his late father so his children can know their grandfather and talks about the rise of the griefbot. #Practical