Should voice assistants use the voices of our loved ones?
Episode 54 min 7s

Should voice assistants use the voices of our loved ones?

Amazon recently unveiled its plans for an update to Alexa that will enable the device to sound like someone you love — even someone who has died. Professor Yolande Strengers joins Waleed Aly and Scott Stephens to unpack why this is such a bad idea, and how to understand the ethical limits of our relationship with technology.

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