# Generative Ghosts: AI Afterlives & the Future of Memory

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**Date:** March 17, 2026 · 10:30 PM  
**Location:** Hilton Austin Downtown / Salon D  
**Format:** Panel  
**Track:** Culture  
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## Speakers

- **Iason Gabriel** — Senior Staff Research Scientist
- **Jed R. Brubaker** — Associate Professor
- **Meredith Ringel Morris** — Director and Principal Scientist for Human-AI Interaction
- **Dylan Thomas Doyle** — Post-Doctoral Researcher

As generative AI systems and AI agents increasingly model individuals, both living and dead, we find ourselves on the verge of a new kind of digital immortality. “Generative ghosts” are AI-based simulations that evoke or imitate human beings, created through personal data, online traces, or speculative design. But what are the social, ethical, and emotional consequences of engaging with these digital afterlives?

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