this post was submitted on 07 Oct 2023
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A Boring Dystopia
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How is this dystopian?
It's the same shit as "psychics" except instead of a weird drifter, it's a chatbot...
Something like this doesn't seem like a healthy step towards accepting a loved one's death.
This company is (presumably) monetising it and advertising to people at a vulnerable time in their life.
Seems dystopian to me.
Not just dystopian, but downright preditory.
The scale is a big part, as all dystopias are just real world things turned up to 11. Easily accessible automated people replacements have been a staple of sci fi for quite a while, often with horrifying implications and outcomes in the stories.