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- Wired
- 2020
In discussing the history of the singular Internet that many global users experience every day, this article reveals some dangers of digital technologies becoming transparent through repeated use and reliance. Namely, it becomes more difficult to imagine a world where there could be alternatives to the current digital way of doing things.
- Wired
- 2020
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- 7 min
- Wired
- 2020
Hello, World! It is ‘I’, the Internet
In discussing the history of the singular Internet that many global users experience every day, this article reveals some dangers of digital technologies becoming transparent through repeated use and reliance. Namely, it becomes more difficult to imagine a world where there could be alternatives to the current digital way of doing things.
Is it too late to imagine alternatives to the Internet? How could people be convinced to get on board with a radical redo of the internet as we know it? Do alternatives need to be imagined before forming a certain digital product or service, especially if they end up being as revolutionary as the internet? Are the most popular and powerful digital technologies and services “tools”, or have they reached the status of cultural norms and conduits?
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- 5 min
- Digital Health
- 2025
The BMA warns GPs to exercise caution when using AI scribing tools, emphasizing the need for proper clinical safety and information governance.
- Digital Health
- 2025
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- 5 min
- Digital Health
- 2025
The Use of AI Scribing Tools by GPs
The BMA warns GPs to exercise caution when using AI scribing tools, emphasizing the need for proper clinical safety and information governance.
- What should be done to meet the growing demand for AI scribing tools by clinicians?
- How might the patient conversation data shared during doctor appointments be more sensitive in nature than an older model of physician note-taking?
- What are the potential ethical issues and risks with this application of generative AI systems?
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- 5 min
- Wired
- 2021
Virtual Reality (VR) can cause nausea among many physical ailments whilst immersed in the digital world. This article explores some tactics to combat this nausea and why it might happen.
- Wired
- 2021
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- 5 min
- Wired
- 2021
How to Reduce Motion Sickness in Virtual Reality
Virtual Reality (VR) can cause nausea among many physical ailments whilst immersed in the digital world. This article explores some tactics to combat this nausea and why it might happen.
Why is it important to try and mitigate the physical ailments caused by VR?
What might happen if we get too good at mitigating these physical ailments?
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- 10 min
- Daily Mail
- 2024
Cites a study from Cambridge University that discusses potential ways in which grief bots may be exploitative. It establishes that grief bots influence you because they establish a connection through the identity and reputation of a loved one and then impact a user’s decisions. Although the article accepts that a grief bot may be therapeutic in some cases, users may be coerced into buying something by the grief bot. The grief bot can become confused with its role, for example, if a terminally ill woman leaves a grief bot for her child, the bot might depict an impending in-person encounter with the child. The third scenario in the article is one of a dying parent secretly subscribing to a grief bot service before his death, and the maintenance of the grief bot becomes intense emotional labour for the children of the deceased.
- Daily Mail
- 2024
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- 10 min
- Daily Mail
- 2024
Think twice before using AI to digitally resurrect a dead loved one: So-called ‘griefbots’ could HAUNT you, Cambridge scientists warn
Cites a study from Cambridge University that discusses potential ways in which grief bots may be exploitative. It establishes that grief bots influence you because they establish a connection through the identity and reputation of a loved one and then impact a user’s decisions. Although the article accepts that a grief bot may be therapeutic in some cases, users may be coerced into buying something by the grief bot. The grief bot can become confused with its role, for example, if a terminally ill woman leaves a grief bot for her child, the bot might depict an impending in-person encounter with the child. The third scenario in the article is one of a dying parent secretly subscribing to a grief bot service before his death, and the maintenance of the grief bot becomes intense emotional labour for the children of the deceased.
- What are possible ways that rituals that could be used to retire grief bots?
- Should a grief bot be making any recommendations to the user? What are the potential problems or harms that could be caused by these recommendations?
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- 15 min
- 2024
In this piece, Leong—a Catholic attorney and theology graduate student—explores the ethical, spiritual, and emotional implications of “grief tech,” particularly AI-powered “ghostbots” that simulate conversations with deceased loved ones. She critiques this technology through a Christian theological lens, drawing on thinkers like Karl Rahner and Tina Beattie to argue that such digital recreations undermine the embodied nature of human personhood and the Christian understanding of death.
- 2024
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- 15 min
- 2024
The false promise of keeping a loved one “alive” with A.I. grief bots.
In this piece, Leong—a Catholic attorney and theology graduate student—explores the ethical, spiritual, and emotional implications of “grief tech,” particularly AI-powered “ghostbots” that simulate conversations with deceased loved ones. She critiques this technology through a Christian theological lens, drawing on thinkers like Karl Rahner and Tina Beattie to argue that such digital recreations undermine the embodied nature of human personhood and the Christian understanding of death.
- What does the article suggest about the meaning of personhood, and how might AI griefbots distort this concept?
- How might someone from a different religious or cultural tradition respond differently to the idea of digitally resurrecting the dead?
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- 10 min
- Rest of World
- 2024
This article provides an overview of griefbot culture in China. Users there, according to this article, are very satisfied with the experiences they are having with the griefbots of their loved ones.
- Rest of World
- 2024
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- 10 min
- Rest of World
- 2024
AI “deathbots” are helping people in China grieve
This article provides an overview of griefbot culture in China. Users there, according to this article, are very satisfied with the experiences they are having with the griefbots of their loved ones.
- Why might there be a difference in the way grief bots are received in China compared to the US?
- Could griefbot technology be more effective or ethical in cultural traditions that view ancestors in the longer context of family relationships? Why or Why not?