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Sirine Malas, who lives in Berlin, Germany, lost her mother in 2018 to kidney failure at age 82, Sky News reported.
Sirine, who had just given birth to her first child, Ischtar, before her mother’s death, felt unsurmountable grief — and turned to AI four years later to connect with her deceased mom.
Sirine had wanted her mom to meet her daughter, but she never got that chance to introduce them, as she was separated from her mother in 2015 when Sirine fled Syria to go to Germany.
“When you’re weak, you accept anything,” Sirine said.
“She was a guiding force in my life. She taught me how to love myself,” Sirine said of her mother.
Sirine decided to give Project December — an AI tool that simulates the dead — to help her with her grieving process.
Users fill out a form with information about the deceased like their age, relationship and a quote. The AI chatbot, powered by OpenAI’s GPT2, then creates a profile based on the information provided about the dead person.



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