January 1, Disney Star’s App Sparks AI Outrage

Wyatt’s Take

• A Disney actor’s new AI app lets users make avatars of dead relatives.
• Online backlash grew fast, with folks saying it’s creepy and disrespectful.
• Many claim the app gives false hope and dehumanizes the deceased.

Disney actor Calum Worthy is catching heat for co-founding 2wai, an app that creates digital versions of people—even those who’ve passed away.

Social media exploded after Worthy promoted the app, which lets users make

“HoloAvatars”

meant to look, talk, and even remember like real people.

The app’s big pitch is that it can keep loved ones in your life long after they’re gone.

One ad for the app shows a grandma guiding her family and speaking to her grandson who she never met in life.

“With 2wai, three minutes can last forever.”

Most online comments slammed the app, with many saying it’s

“demonic, dishonest, and dehumanizing.”

Folks worry the tech crosses a line and makes money off grief.

One user said,

“If I die and you put words in my mouth I will curse you for all eternity.”

Others think it tricks people into thinking they’re reconnecting, but only leads to more pain.

“It’s not grandma’s thoughts or ideas, and it’s not her memories. All it does is paper over the fact that she’s dead,”

someone posted.

Some called the app

“nightmare fuel,”

while others blasted it as a

“predatory” move by AI companies.

Journalist Caitlin Johnstone wrote,

“They are attacking the most sacred parts of us for the stupidest reasons imaginable. They are enemies of our species.

What they are doing must be rejected with severe revulsion.”

This uproar shows regular Americans aren’t ready to let Silicon Valley rewrite family and loss in the name of progress.

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Wyatt Matters

Middle America believes in honoring the dead and keeping family memories sacred, not letting tech companies turn our loved ones into fake images for profit.

Grief is real, and high-tech shortcuts shouldn’t replace true connection or respect for those who’ve passed.

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