Algorithmic Anxiety Ep. 21, Halloween - Resurrection, It’s Not Just for Religion Anymore

In this special Halloween Edition we ask what happens when artificial intelligence stops replacing the living...and starts reviving the dead?

We'll exhume the horrors of deepfaked celebrities, cloned predators, and species that evolution (and humanity) tried to kill off.

So dim the lights, break out your Ouija Board, don some garlic because the Algorithm Has Risen.

Resources:
- Digital resurrection and cultural preservation https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20230823-how-deepfakes-are-reshaping-celebrity
- Controversy around Robin Williams & George Michael digital resurrection
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/04/05/robin-williams-ai-controversy
- Scientists say they have resurrected the dire wolf.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/07/science/dire-wolf-de-extinction-cloning-colossal
- The bioethics of de‑extinction. PubMed Central. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11895750/ (PMC)

Credits:
Opening Horror background Ambiance Music by DELOSound from Pixabay