- Q. Dear Rabbi this is a question that is right for you, as you were one of the first Rabbis to address AI questions and Halacha.
I have a dear elderly uncle that lost recently his wife after being married almost sixty years in a most beautiful and precious relationship of true real mutual love and care. So he became totally devastated and lonely. After talking to a number of physicians versed in such situations.
I came out with an idea, that I also saw in your questions regarding their use on Shabbat of an AI, of creating a AI companion that sounds like his wife and can comfort him constantly. Is that permitted or even recommended?
A. It stands to reason that one should do everything possible to alleviate and provide relief for the suffering mourners even if it involves an AI help. As mentioned in former shailos it can not be used during Shabbos.
Horav Shlomo Miller”s Shlit”a opinion is similar.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit'a
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