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A tale of murder, artificial intelligence, & forgiveness
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15:49Now PlayingShould AI give you a voice? Even when you've been murdered?
An AI avatar of a murder victim addressed his killer in court last week () , and it may have been the first admittance of an AIgenerated victim impact statement in a US court. Chris Pelkey, who was shot in a road rage incident in 2021, was recreated in a video made by his sister to offer forgiveness to his killer. This could mark the start of a new relationship between AI and the law, but will it change the relationship between us and the law? And what are the broader impacts we might see on our culture?
Brittany sits down with NPR digital news reporter Juliana Kim () and Brandon Blankenship () , assistant professor and director of the prelaw program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, to find out.
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