{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5fed01d2ff17f277a5c94dda/6a8ccbf7f97516394c26b05a?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"6. Paranoid android","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5fed01d2ff17f277a5c94dda/1787610370933-fb568a95-3b31-4031-a54f-ac97572fc4a4.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>This week Alex is targeted by an advert from an AI company offering to allow him to speak to his dead fiancée. After the initial shock and anger at the predatory nature of being targeted at his lowest ebb, there was a yearning intrigue. Would it be so bad to indulge in this 21st-Century necromancy? Could it give him the reassurance he's craved for more than two years?</p><p><br></p><p>Also, Alex attempts his longest run yet in his half marathon training, 14km.</p><p><br></p><p>Alex wrote about \"grief tech\" and targeted ads from the \"digitised afterlife industry\" in the Telegraph, you can <a href=\"https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/08/20/ai-offered-bring-back-dead-fiancee/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">read the article here</a>: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/08/20/ai-offered-bring-back-dead-fiancee/</p><p><br></p><p>Run Fatdad Run is written, presented and produced by Alex Regan. Follow Run Fatdad Run on Instagram @runfatdadpod, on Facebook at Run Fatdad Run, or email the show at runfatdadpod@gmail.com.</p>","author_name":"Alex Regan"}