'Ironheart' and the A.I. Zombification of the Dead

The Marvel series introduces the ethics of using A.I. avatars of loved ones to deal with grief.

*Spoilers for the plot of Ironheart season one*

Riri, you in danger, girl.

In the premiere episode of the new Marvel series Ironheart, the Black child prodigy Riri Williams (Dominique Thorne) is suddenly thrust back into the unimaginable grief over her best friend Natalie’s death that she’d been avoiding. Picking up right after the events of Black Panther…