stranger than heaven: Afterlife Chatbots Spark Global Spiritual Debate
In a development stranger than heaven itself, a new AI startup has launched a service allowing users to "converse" with deceased loved ones using neural network reconstructions of their personality, voice, and memories—triggering a firestorm of ethical, religious, and psychological debate worldwide. By 2034, experts predict that up to 12% of grieving individuals in developed nations will utilize some form of digital afterlife interaction, fundamentally reshaping how society processes loss and the concept of the soul.