My wife's dementia is getting worse and I've been secretly recording our conversations to train an AI version of her from before she got sick, but I don't know if she would have consented to this.
More people experience this than they realize.
Progressive cognitive decline creates ethical dilemmas around consent for digital preservation when the person who could consent is disappearing.
“Where Are You with AI-preserved personalities and digital immortality ethics?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.