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DESCRIPTION:Please RSVP by sending an email to julia.houwen [at] mail.mcgil
 l.ca\n\nOn April 24th\, the Jarislowsky Chair in Human Nature and Technolo
 gy will hold a group discussion on Cambell\, Liu and Nyholm's paper titled
  'Can Chatbots Preserve Our Relationship with the Dead?'\n\nThe session wi
 ll be held from 3-5PM\, in Thomson House\, room 404.\n\n\n	Abstract: Imagin
 e that you are given access to an AI chatbot that compellingly mimics the 
 personality and speech of a deceased loved one. If you start having regula
 r interactions with this “thanabot\,” could this new relationship be a con
 tinuation of the relationship you had with your loved one? And could a rel
 ationship with a thanabot preserve or replicate the value of a close human
  relationship? To the first question\, we argue that a relationship with a
  thanabot cannot be a true continuation of your relationship with a deceas
 ed loved one\, though it might support one’s continuing bonds with the dea
 d. To the second question\, we argue that\, in and of themselves\, relatio
 nships with thanabots cannot benefit us as much as rewarding and healthy i
 ntimate relationships with other humans\, though we explain why it is diff
 icult to make reliable comparative generalizations about the instrumental 
 value of these relationships.\n\n
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LOCATION:Room 404\, Thomson House\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 1Y2\, 3650 rue
  McTavish
SUMMARY:Reading Group Discussion: 'Can Chatbots Preserve Our Relationships 
 with the Dead?'
URL:/jarislowsky-chair/channels/event/reading-group-di
 scussion-can-chatbots-preserve-our-relationships-dead-365031
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