We are in 2013, a dystopian series Black glasswhich is still being broadcast Channel 4 in England (and which he would later buy Netflix), premieres one of its most memorable chapters. Titled “I’ll be back soon”, it tells the disturbing story of a happy couple – they are Ash and Martha – who see their love story cut short by a traffic accident. The tragic event that ended the boy’s life.

It was then that a friend of his convinced him to sign up for an innovative service that uses artificial intelligence to collect video, audio and comments on network profiles to create a kind of virtual copy. What is the conversation with the machine becomes a new stage of the deceased and young Ash is resurrected thanks to technology.

What was impossible ten years ago is now possible and real. Artificial intelligence can do it in just a few minutes. And also the company. In fact, it has become a business. There are funeral homes in China that offer their clients a service by which they can have various conversations with deceased family members or loved ones. The client will talk to the most realistic avatar with his real appearance and voice. This was announced on April 5 for the Qingming Festival. Companies like Shanghai Fushouyun are pioneers in this strange soul-awakening process.

They only need subscribers to send them conversation snippets which are archived forever on WhatsApp chats, Instagram pictures, latest tweets and all Facebook posts. With just this information they can easily create any avatar. Artificial intelligence puts its final touches and we will prepare a revival process instead, yes, for a large amount of euros.

Those who have tried it, well, don’t see it very clearly. Blogger Wu Wuliu assures that it is a very strange experience to be able to talk to her grandmother who passed away several years ago. But it helped him deal with his regret for not saying goodbye to his grandmother before he died.

The Chinese company that has developed this system will also implement a special service for dogs and cats. There are many clients who ask them to be reunited with their pets who are already living in heaven.

Technology has reached a milestone, reuniting with the denizens of the afterlife. It’s real. But are we ready to do it? Will our brain be able to manage it properly? Well, it depends on the individual’s psychology. Losing a loved one is one of the most difficult human experiences to live with. Therefore, not everyone who uses the service can “get it right” this experience. Some will use it to remember the deceased’s phrases, expressions, and voices as anecdotes and others may cling to the past and those avatars to create parallel lives that can lead them to dangerous situations far from life. . In fact, it can harm your mental health in the long run.

And on the other hand, this new perspective on ‘outside’ technology opens up an interesting debate. Is it ethical to recreate a deceased person so that they become part of applications and systems that require personal data? Who gave permission to use it? Is it legal to use the voice, video or photo of someone who is no longer with us?

Surprisingly, there is still no set legal framework for artificial intelligence. Waiting to see what the European Union can decide in a few weeks about this technology, right now the rights of the deceased are strangely in limbo. And at the same time there are companies that receive money and monetize this controversial issue. What are legislators waiting to dot the i’s in this difficult debate? Once again, we are late.