When introducing young children to grief bots, families need to be cautious as kids may struggle to differentiate between real people and AI replicas. A father shares his experience of restricting access to a bot of their grandfather until his kids were older, after they became confused about his existence due to virtual meetings during the pandemic. Conversations about life and death arose earlier than expected.

These children are among the first growing up around AI ghosts, with their father constantly updating the digital replica to enhance their family experience. Recent audio advancements have made it easier to add a voice element, and there are hopes of perfecting accents and exploring video or augmented reality tools in the future.

While the bot holds sentimental value, the father also memorialized his dad through a mosaic, believing his father would have approved. The future of grief tech remains uncertain, but upcoming generations raised with AI ghosts may embrace and innovate new features more readily.

Despite uncertainties about interacting with digital replicas, children accustomed to AI ghosts may have a different perspective. One father shared how his daughter came up with an AI idea to comfort him when he was feeling sad, suggesting building a robot resembling her dad for a hug.