Śmierć w dobie sztucznej inteligencji: Cyfrowe dusze

This article examines the phenomenon of death within the context of advancing artificial intelligence, with particular emphasis on the concept of “digital resurrection.” The initial section introduces the Project December platform, which enables simulated conversations with deceased individuals. This platform operates through advanced algorithms based on artificial intelligence, generating texts that mimic the speech of deceased persons. A case study of Joshua Barbeau is presented, illustrating how he was able to “converse” with his deceased fiancée using this technology. The paper highlights the therapeutic potential of this service, along with the ethical dilemmas associated with the digital reconstruction of deceased individuals’ personalities. In the subsequent section, the notions of extended eternity and digital resurrection are defined, and their roles in the perception of both one’s own death and the death of loved ones are discussed. Questions are posed regarding how extended eternity technology might alter societal awareness of death in the near future, and what the long-term psychological consequences of this phenomenon might be. It is demonstrated that, within the framework of transhumanist assumptions, modern AI technologies are redefining the boundaries between life and death, and influencing the formation of personal identity and interpersonal and familial relationships.