These days, older pieces of family photos can be repurposed to create motion pictures and tell stories using artificial intelligence
Per a report by The Metro, researchers and professionals are looking into new methods to interact with deceased people via artificial intelligence
Sherry Turkle, an MIT professor and long-term observer of the human relationship with technology stated:
The desire to speak with deceased people is a very human longing that has existed throughout history, from Ouija boards and seances to modern technology advancements
The film Eternal You offers viewers close contact with people like the New Yorker Christi Angel, who used AI to communicate with her long-lost friend Cameroun, who passed away
One instance of it triggering such strong emotions was in the Korean television series Meeting You in 2020
Even Thomas Edison himself had considered creating a "spirit phone"