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.

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            Sheep can hear, when a preacher talks to a crowed of sheep, the sheep hear him. A sheep is not a person.

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              Sheep can hear, they don’t listen.

              But let’s say they do!

              Should you worship sheep because they can hear your prayers?

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                You’re the one bringing up listening as a requirement for prayer. For me personaly, sheep are for fuckin’

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                  I’m pointing out that praying to the machine spirits is like any other form of prayer.

                  Do you even disagree or are you just being argumentative?

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        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.

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          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 pray to a parrot.