A dead person's AI representation pleaded leniency for his murderer
Another reminder of the dystopia we live in...
The case
An Arizona man convicted in a deadly road-rage incident was sentenced last week to 10 1/2 years in prison after the victim's family played an AI-generated video depicting the victim addressing the court.
The judge handed down the maximum sentence to Gabriel Paul Horcasitas, 54, for the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Christopher Pelkey on November 13, 2021. Horcasitas was convicted earlier this year of manslaughter and endangerment.
In a possible first-of-its-kind use of technology in court, Judge Lang permitted Pelkey's loved ones to present an AI-generated representation of the victim, complete with his likeness and a lifelike voice, that appeared to plead for leniency on the killer’s behalf.
His loved ones
The video
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My thoughts
This is just insane y'all - I'm speechless. I do get that his family had the call in this, and if it was shown in court, that must mean they approve of this, but damn, man.
From them showing a picture of what he would've looked like once he aged, to him saying that "he'd like to make his own impact statement" - when he's...dead.
And lastly, the AI generation saying that they could "be friends in another life" - wow, that's just...wow.
Even the judge in the video at the end says "I love that AI"
I'm a big AI-enthusiast, but this is just...sad.