Definitely something to keep an eye on. However, the article does take an a priori negative stance here; > Will Grandma spend her final neglected days chatting

Definitely something to keep an eye on. However, the article does take an a priori negative stance here; > Will Grandma spend her final neglected days chatting with her grandson’s digital double, while her real grandson is mentored by an edgy simulated elder? Is this necessarily a bad scenario? If the counterfactual was Grandma being involved in grandson’s life then plausibly. But it’s easy to imagine many scenarios where artificial companions provide better alternatives to lonely or socially awkward people.