Digital Necromancy and the Fictional Imaginary: Speculative Probes into Deathbots and the Neoliberal Afterlife
ABSTRACT:Using speculative fiction as a cultural probe, this essay critiques “deathbots” as extensions of late neoliberal capitalism. By examining Black Mirror, Upload, and The Final Cut, I make the case that these stories demonstrate a colonization of grief where the dead become extractable data for profit and the ber...