Are AI replicas of the dead an innovative medical tool or an ethical nightmare?

Are AI replicas of the dead an innovative medical tool or an ethical nightmare?

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain For centuries, work with donated bodies has shaped anatomical knowledge and medical training. Now, digital technologies and artificial intelligence (AI) are reshaping education and we can imagine a future where AI-generated representations of dead people—chatbots specifically developed as “thanabots”—are used to support students’ learning. The term thanabot is derived from thanatology,…