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== Ethical and legal issues ==
The rapid advancement of [[artificial intelligence]] (AI) is usheringincreasingly humanity into a realm whereblurring the boundaryboundaries between the livingtechnology and the deceased is becoming increasingly blurredbiology.<ref name="bostonmagazine">{{Cite web |title=The Line Between Biology and Technology Has Blurred—There's No Going Back |url=https://www.bu.edu/articles/2022/line-between-biology-and-technology-has-blurred/ |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=Boston University |language=en}}</ref> However, according to research from different social scientific disciplines, these advancements invoke a myriad of ethical and legal dilemmas, particularly concerning digital remains and postmortem privacy.<ref name="ohman"/><ref name="ppm"/><ref name="rothblatt">{{Cite journal |date=2016 |title=Martine Rothblatt and the Virtually Human |journal=Internet Afterlife |pages=87–106 |doi=10.5040/9798400671654.ch-006|isbn=979-8-4006-7165-4 }}</ref> Specifically, it has been warned that potential benefits of a so-called "Digital Afterlife Industry"—e.g., helpful support for people who grieve a significant death—might be outweighed by numerous ethical and practical risks, including concerns about the privacy and autonomy of the deceased, as well as potential cases of misuse (e.g., by designing unwanted post-mortem interactions).
Further challenges regarding post-mortem simulations involve legal questions about the data rights of deceased individuals; many of which have not yet been answered conclusively, considering differences in national and international law.
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