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'Digital necromancy': why bringing people back from the dead with AI is just an extension of our grieving practices

Generative AI – which encompasses large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT but also image and video generators like DALL·E 2 – supercharges what has come to be known as “digital necromancy”, the conjuring of the dead from the digital traces they leave behind.

The Conversation · Sep 19, 2023

Friends refuse to leave side of pal, 15, as he collapses and dies playing school football

Young footballer and Hearts fan Andrew MacKinnon, 15, died at Forrester High School in Edinburgh after collapsing during a football match. His friends rallied around him and refused to leave his side

Daily Mirror · Apr 1, 2023

Hundreds turn out for funeral of Scots teen who died playing football at school

Andrew MacKinnon, 15, collapsed and died at Forrester High School in Edinburgh on March 14, while playing with friends.

Daily Record · Mar 31, 2023