‘I created my mom and talk to her’: AI ghosts and deathslop are changing the way we mourn
AI tools are enabling people to create chatbots and digital replicas of deceased loved ones, allowing ongoing 'conversations' with the dead. Grief experts are warning that this kind of technology may push mourners toward isolation rather than the social support that typically helps people heal.
Why this matters: When someone dies, the people left behind are vulnerable. Companies know that. AI grief tools move into that vulnerability fast, offering something that feels like connection but is built on a commercial product trained on whatever data existed about a person. You are not talking to your mom. You are talking to a model someone built using traces she left behind. That distinction matters, especially if the tool shapes how you process loss, who you turn to, and whether you ever fully reckon with the fact that she is gone. The data angle is real too — intimate conversations about grief do not belong in a product's training pipeline.
Who should care: General readers · AI governance · Policy
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