• givesomefucks@lemmy.worldM
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    1 year ago

    How is this dystopian?

    It’s the same shit as “psychics” except instead of a weird drifter, it’s a chatbot…

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      1 year ago

      Something like this doesn’t seem like a healthy step towards accepting a loved one’s death.
      This company is (presumably) monetising it and advertising to people at a vulnerable time in their life.
      Seems dystopian to me.

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      1 year ago

      The scale is a big part, as all dystopias are just real world things turned up to 11. Easily accessible automated people replacements have been a staple of sci fi for quite a while, often with horrifying implications and outcomes in the stories.