Submission + - So now we're using AI to talk to the Dead?
PuddleBoy writes: https://www.washingtonpost.com...
"The independent journalist Jim Acosta sparked an intense backlash this week with what he called a “one of a kind interview”: a video of him talking with an AI-generated avatar modeled on Joaquin Oliver, a teenager killed in the Parkland high school shooting in 2018.
"Trained on an old photo and audio recordings of Oliver, the AI avatar used a chatbot to generate answers and delivered them in what sounded like his voice.
"During Acosta’s conversation with the computer program, he celebrated it as “so insightful” and a “beautiful thing,” saying, “I really felt like I was speaking with Joaquin.”
"But the AI avatar offered awkward remarks (“Yoda’s wisdom and quirky personality bring so much fun to the series”) and repeatedly asked Acosta questions back, such as “Who inspires you to be a hero in your own life?”
"The video was panned online as “extremely unsettling” and “ghoulish,” with many people citing concerns that such technology could be used to create beliefs the person may not have supported and to tarnish the memory of the dead."
"The independent journalist Jim Acosta sparked an intense backlash this week with what he called a “one of a kind interview”: a video of him talking with an AI-generated avatar modeled on Joaquin Oliver, a teenager killed in the Parkland high school shooting in 2018.
"Trained on an old photo and audio recordings of Oliver, the AI avatar used a chatbot to generate answers and delivered them in what sounded like his voice.
"During Acosta’s conversation with the computer program, he celebrated it as “so insightful” and a “beautiful thing,” saying, “I really felt like I was speaking with Joaquin.”
"But the AI avatar offered awkward remarks (“Yoda’s wisdom and quirky personality bring so much fun to the series”) and repeatedly asked Acosta questions back, such as “Who inspires you to be a hero in your own life?”
"The video was panned online as “extremely unsettling” and “ghoulish,” with many people citing concerns that such technology could be used to create beliefs the person may not have supported and to tarnish the memory of the dead."
