3 papers
cs.CY2026
Postmortem avatars in grief therapy: Prospects, ethics, and governance
Joshua Hatherley, Sandrine R. Schiller, Iwan Williams +3
Postmortem avatars (PMAs) -- AI systems that simulate a deceased person by being fine-tuned on data they generated or that was generated about them -- have attracted growing schola…
cs.CY2025
The Intercepted Self: How Generative AI Challenges the Dynamics of the Relational Self
Sandrine R. Schiller, Camilo Miguel Signorelli, Filippos Stamatiou
Generative AI is changing our way of interacting with technology, others, and ourselves. Systems such as Microsoft copilot, Gemini and the expected Apple intelligence still awaits…
cs.CL2025
Mechanistic Interpretability Needs Philosophy
Iwan Williams, Ninell Oldenburg, Ruchira Dhar +6
Mechanistic interpretability (MI) aims to explain how neural networks work by uncovering their underlying mechanisms. As the field grows in influence, it is increasingly important…