Comment on After an Arizona man was shot, an AI video of him addresses his killer in court
BumpingFuglies@lemmy.zip 6 days agoTechnology isn’t inherently good or evil. It entirely depends on the person using it. In this case, it had a very positive impact on everybody involved.
carrion0409@lemm.ee 6 days ago
To me this is the equivalent taxidermying a person then using them as a puppet. Sure it might have a positive impact on some people but it’s immoral at best.
JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 6 days ago
This. I don’t see how it’s any different from making an ‘ai video’ about a murder victim thanking his murderer for easing his pain, in order to ‘make people feel better’ after a rich perpretrator games the system and is acquitted via dubious means. It’s blatant manipulation.
whostosay@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Wait but no, not like that, only the positive way I see it.
BumpingFuglies@lemmy.zip 6 days ago
What makes it immoral? Nobody was hurt in any way, physically, emotionally, or financially. They disclosed the use of AI before showing the video. It even helped the perpetrator get a smaller sentence (IMO prison as a concept is inhumane, so less prison time is morally right).
carrion0409@lemm.ee 6 days ago
It just feels wrong man. I’m of the belief that we should let the dead rest in peace. Bringing them back through ai or other means fundamentally goes against that. Im also against taxidermy but that’s not the debate were having rn. This lands in that category for me. I’m neutral on ai broadly but this is where I draw the line.
BumpingFuglies@lemmy.zip 6 days ago
Oh, I agree that it’s creepy and something that could very easily be abused. But in this case, it seems to have been the right move. Whether the dead brother would have approved, we’ll never know. But the living sister seemed to earnestly believe he would have, and that’s enough for me.
Bellingdog@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Is it reaaaalllly immoral if the kids just freakin’ love it though?