DDNR: Digital Do Not Resuscitate

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In this episode, Enoch and Tim explore the emerging practice of using AI and deepfake technology to create interactive digital replicas of deceased people. While these tools are marketed as aids to grief and memory preservation, we examine the philosophical and moral hazards of digitally "resurrecting" the dead—from questions of consent and exploitation to concerns about whether such practices impede genuine grief work and erode the meaning we make from mortality itself.

Credits: Drew Elliot (music) with additional thanks to the Wheaton Center for Faith, Politics & Economics.