Once I read about some tech that allowed you to record messages for loved ones in case you died, which I thought was a very sweet service to offer. Now that I've read about Microsoft's new patent I'm not so sure. The patent will allow dead people to be used as artificially intelligent chatbots that people can talk to and interact with because that's not freaky at all.
Jokes about the tech being similar to an episode of Black Mirror abound, but it also brings to mind the current laws regarding tech in the first place. The digital world is advancing much too quickly for humans to keep up in terms of laws and ethics, and there are plenty of other concerns to be had aside from this single patent.
What do you think of this conversational chatbot idea? Do you think it's ethical?