Edilife
Ethics, Law, and Security in the Digital Afterlife
Digital technologies are increasingly shaping our lives - but they are also having a growing impact on how we deal with death, grief, and remembrance. Technologies within the context of the Digital Afterlife Industry (DAI) enable the "afterlife" and interaction with digital representations of the deceased as avatars, chatbots, or senders of text messages.
Challenges and Goals
The Edilife project aims to reflect on current services in the context of the digital handling of death, anticipate future developments, identify areas requiring action, and develop options for action. Fraunhofer SIT is addressing the topics of data protection and data security within the Edilife project.
Funding and Duration
The Edilife project is based on a call for proposals issued by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) as part of the strategic foresight initiative “Insight – Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Social and Technological Change.” The project will run from mid-2022 to early 2024. The total funding amounts to approximately 400,000 euros.
