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When creating a backup AI personality might undermine your relationship with the living person

My husband wants to create an AI version of himself before his deployment, but I'm afraid that if something happens to him overseas I'll prefer the safe digital version to worrying about the real him in danger.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Prophylactic digital preservation can create emotional hedging that undermines full investment in present relationships.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with AI-preserved personalities and digital immortality ethics?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.