An AI avatar made to look and sound like the likeness of a man who was killed in a road rage incident addressed the court and the man who killed him: “To Gabriel Horcasitas, the man who shot me, it is a shame we encountered each other that day in those circumstances,” the AI avatar of Christopher Pelkey said. “In another life we probably could have been friends. I believe in forgiveness and a God who forgives. I still do.”
It was the first time the AI avatar of a victim—in this case, a dead man—has ever addressed a court, and it raises many questions about the use of this type of technology in future court proceedings.
We have this interesting combination of high tech and low tech literacy, before you know it praying to the machine spirits will be a mainstream religion.
Let’s hope. At least the machines are real
Praying to a machine that isn’t listening isn’t really any different than praying to the Moon.
There’s a marked difference, though, the Moon can’t actually generate words that you can digest. Some people might think the Moon is speaking to them, but their brains are just spicy - it is not the same as a machine.
The machine isn’t really speaking to them either, it’s just generating responses through a pattern recognition engine. There’s no “there” there.
Might as well talk to a wall. It’s equally fake.
Why wouldn’t the A.I. listen? My phone listens to every word I say.
There’s no one there! It’s mindless, listening is an active process that requires a person.