Hajiabadi, Fahimeh: The Consoling Eidolon: A Psychoanalytic and Phenomenological Critique of Grief-Tech in Black Mirror

The rapid emergence of AI-driven "grief-tech" has fundamentally disrupted the human experience of mourning, transforming the ontological and psychological dimensions of loss. Using the Black Mirror episode "Be Right Back" as a cultural and philosophical harbinger, this paper critically examines the existential implications of digital resurrection through algorithmic simulacra, or Griefbots. Moving beyond conventional ethical debates, the study employs a multidisciplinary framework to interrogate