Life After Death?

A couple of days ago, our class watched a movie called Be Right Back where the character named Ash, died and his wife grieved his death. She learned that she could speak to him again with the use of technology that took his social media life and turned it into a realistic Ash. Because of this, she was able to speak to Ash and began the process of coping with his loss until the voice that she was speaking to told her that she could be able to speak and touch him again. She went with what the robot said and purchased a robot that was identical to her late husband, Ash. Overtime, she became unhappy with this decision because she often had to remind the robot of things that the actual Ash did or said. In the end, she asked him to jump from the edge of a tall cliff, which he agreed to do at first. After getting angry with the robot and telling him that the real Ash wouldn’t have willingly jumped, the robot responds by begging for her not to make him do it and she then realizes that she cannot get rid of it. A few years later, it was revealed that she had a girl and the robot was kept in the attic. It’s somewhat ironic to me how in the beginning of the movie, Ash stated that his mother dealt with the pain of death by putting everything in the attic such as pictures and other things that often brought up memories of loved ones who passed and his wife had done the same thing when she put the robot in the attic. I didn’t find it to be too creepy, only because I can relate to how his wife felt. Everyone has had the thought of their loved ones coming back, or wishing that they could see them again. The thing about this idea is that if technology ever became that advanced, it wouldn’t feel the same as actually having the real person there because they wouldn’t know specific details that only you and the deceased person know. That is why I don’t think that it would be a good idea because just as the wife did in the movie, you would have to keep reminding them of certain things, and you will then keep being reminded that the robot isn’t the actual person and eventually, you will be unsatisfied.