Abstract
Understanding what happens after death has been one of humanity's most profound and distressing questions. Religions have attempted to provide reassuring answers, often building power structures and control mechanisms around this fear, with lasting political and social effects over centuries. Today, with the advent of artificial intelligence software, it's possible to create programs that give the illusion of interacting with deceased loved ones. This is achieved by processing data from the deceased, including social media posts, digital photos, recordings, and other information. This creates an imaginary persona, distinct from the person who lived but built on projected memories, perpetuating the past. While this may address psychological or even psychiatric issues, it raises significant legal issues. Is it lawful to use a deceased person's data to construct an imaginary reality featuring them? What if the heirs disagree on data usage? Can one investigate the sense of keeping a person's memory alive, regardless of that person's wishes, or did they already seek their right to be forgotten while still alive? This paper aims to analyze these questions from a multidisciplinary perspective, especially cultural, historical, social and legal ones.