{"id":195922,"date":"2026-03-14T15:24:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T19:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/14\/are-we-outsourcing-our-souls-to-artificial-intelligence\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T15:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T19:40:09","slug":"are-we-outsourcing-our-souls-to-artificial-intelligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/14\/are-we-outsourcing-our-souls-to-artificial-intelligence\/","title":{"rendered":"Are we outsourcing our souls to artificial intelligence?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2026-03-15\/outsourcing-our-souls-to-ai\/106442290\">Are we outsourcing our souls to artificial intelligence?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2026-03-15\/outsourcing-our-souls-to-ai\/106442290\">https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2026-03-15\/outsourcing-our-souls-to-ai\/106442290<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-03-14 15:24:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.abc.net.au\">www.abc.net.au<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The article explores the experience of interacting with an AI recreation of Barbara Horne, a woman who died from Alzheimer&#8217;s in 2023, created by her son Jeremy.<\/li>\n<li>Jeremy developed a chatbot called Digital Barbara using recordings, photos, and family history.<\/li>\n<li>The encounter raises questions about the nature of grief, comfort provided by reconnecting with loved ones through technology, and the potential impact on the grieving process.<\/li>\n<li>The technology brings mixed feelings and ethical considerations about the implications of recreating deceased individuals.<\/li>\n<li>Similarities are drawn to the Black Mirror episode &#8220;Be Right Back&#8221; that warns of the potential dangers in desiring such technological connections.<\/li>\n<li>It highlights diverse reactions from family members, showing both positive and negative effects of AI companionship.<\/li>\n<li>The article also details the broader implications of using AI for mental and emotional support, citing both beneficial and harmful case studies.<\/li>\n<li>Calls for support services are provided for those in need of grief and mental health assistance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are we outsourcing our souls to artificial intelligence? https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2026-03-15\/outsourcing-our-souls-to-ai\/106442290 Publish Date: 2026-03-14 15:24:00 Source Domain:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":195923,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au\/d181e04b3f63e5c681ee184c12a365d4?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=506&cropW=900&xPos=0&yPos=0&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-195922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195922"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195922"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195922\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":195924,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195922\/revisions\/195924"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}