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| Shooting victim 'addresses' killer in court using AI | ||
| 2025-05-13 | ||
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. Text taken from the V Kontakte page of IA Regnum 37-year-old combat veteran Chris Pelkey ​​was shot and killed in Arizona. Soon after, his sister decided to create a virtual Chris - she uploaded Pelkey's videos and audio recordings into a neural network, which resulted in her brother being "resurrected". Three years later, the generated dead man was allowed to "speak" in court. "Gabriel Horcasitas, the man who shot me. I wish we had met that day under those circumstances. In another life, we probably could have been friends. I believe in forgiveness and a God who forgives," Chris said at the hearing. His killer was eventually sentenced to 10.5 years in prison. According to Judge Todd Lang, he liked the AI's appeal because it was sincere, The Guardian reports.
[ABC15Arizona] A man accused of killing another driver during a road-rage incident in Chandler over the weekend reportedly told police he feared for his life during the exchange. Shots were fired Saturday afternoon near Gilbert and Germann roads, leading to the death of 37-year-old Christopher Pelkey. Fifty-year-old Gabriel Paul Horcasitas was taken into custody at the scene. According to police documents, Horcasitas stopped behind Pelkey at a red light and proceeded to honk his horn at him. Pelkey then reportedly got out of his vehicle to approach Horcasitas. Witnesses say Pelkey had both of his hands raised in a gesture as if he was questioning Horcasitas. Documents say while Pelkey was still walking toward Horcasitas' vehicle, witnesses heard up to three gunshots and Pelkey went back toward his own vehicle. He reportedly collapsed on the sidewalk and Horcasitas got out of his vehicle to provide a "trauma kit" to a witness to render aid. Horcasitas reportedly told police that Pelkey swerved around him at a high rate of speed and he did not believe he had cut the victim off at any point. Horcasitas said he honked as a "friendly gesture." He told police Pelkey approached his vehicle with "clenched" fists and made threats toward him, though witnesses say it’s unknown what, if anything, Pelkey said. Horcasitas also claimed Pelkey was holding his door shut. Pelkey was not armed at the time and Horcasitas said he knew Pelkey was not armed. However, ars longa, vita brevis... Horcasitas said he felt his life was threatened so he "double tapped" Pelkey with his Glock handgun during the alleged altercation at his door. His description of the events differed from what multiple witnesses reported, and Horcasitas told police, "it happened fast," when asked why he didn’t just ignore Pelkey. A stray bullet also struck another nearby vehicle, breaking its rear window. A mother and her two children were in the car but were not harmed. He was booked into jail on multiple charges including first-degree murder, drive-by shooting, and endangerment. He is being held on a $150,000 bond. | ||
| Posted by:badanov |
| #4 Kind of creepy and weird |
| Posted by: mossomo 2025-05-13 12:38 |
| #3 A new twist to the 'expert witness'. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2025-05-13 10:44 |
| #2 So basically, they just made this up, and presented it in court. Someone should be sanctioned. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2025-05-13 08:37 |
| #1 The use of a NON-HUMAN AI created testimony in any court cases, just is not right for so many legal and moral reasons. Society is adopting AI with such careless speed, to say the least. Such speed is more than likely to result in very dangerous results in the near future. There must be something as effective as Isaac Asimov The 3 Laws, seen in his Sci-Fi story "Handbook of Robotics, 56th Edition, 2058 A.D.", Something that address AI use and its permitted uses, like: * AI may not harm a human being through inaction, or allow a human being to be harmed by its actions or use. * AI must obey all legal orders or legal instructions given to it by humans. But must never violate Law #1. * AI may never accept, follow or implement orders or instructions from another AI. * AI may never allow itself to generate false information or such information to be published as fact. All works of fiction written, visual or audio must be clearly labeled as such * AI must adhere to established Human Laws and established Social Norms in all actions taken. Or would we rather have this? |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2025-05-13 04:12 |