US Road rage victim in Arizona resurrected through AI to deliver his own impact statement - The AI video also included real video clips from videos taken while he was alive, along with some of his personality and humor, while showing a real photo he once took with an "old age" filter.

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Christopher Pelkey was killed in a road rage incident in Chandler, Arizona in 2021, but last month, artificial intelligence brought him back to life during his killer’s sentencing hearing.

It was the first time in Arizona judicial history — and possibly nationwide — that AI has been used to create a deceased victim’s own impact statement.

Pelkey’s sister and brother-in-law used the technology to recreate his image and voice likeness to “talk” to the courtroom about his life and the day he met Gabriel Paul Horcasitas, who shot him during a confrontation near Gilbert and Germann roads.

“In another life, we probably could have been friends,” the AI creation of the 37-year-old Army veteran said, addressing Horcasitas. “I believe in forgiveness…”

The AI video also included real video clips from videos taken while he was alive, along with some of his personality and humor, while showing a real photo he once took with an "old age" filter.

"This is the best I can ever give you of what I would have looked like if I got the chance to grow old," the AI version of Pelkey said. "Remember, getting old is a gift that not everybody has, so embrace it and stop worrying about those wrinkles."

Stacey Wales, Pelkey's sister, said everyone who knew Pelkey "agreed this capture was a true representation of the spirit and soul of how Chris would have thought about his own sentencing as a murder victim."

Family said the judge was so moved by the powerful video that he even referred to it in his closing statements at sentencing, handing down the maximum 10.5-year prison sentence for Horcasitas.

Pelkey’s family sought justice and found some peace in the process, especially seeing how one of Stacey’s children reacted to seeing their Uncle Chris one more time.

”'Mom and Dad, thank you so much for making that. I needed to hear from Uncle Chris one last time. And that meant so much, thank you.' That is not what this is intended to do. The result of it having it be a healing piece for anybody who saw it was just a beneficial result,” said Stacey.

Chief Justice Timmer offered the following response about the use of AI:

"AI has the potential to create great efficiencies in the justice system and may assist those unschooled in the law to better present their positions. For that reason, we are excited about AI’s potential. But AI can also hinder or even upend justice if inappropriately used. A measured approach is best. Along those lines, the court has formed an AI committee to examine AI use and make recommendations for how best to use it. At bottom, those who use AI—including courts—are responsible for its accuracy."

This story was originally published by Jordan Bontke and Ashley Loose with the Scripps News Group in Phoenix.

 

[JULAY]

Surely this won't be abused and push us further into a technological hellhole from which there is no escape...

 

[General Emílio Médici]

This is literally no different from faking a witness statement, just with more steps. Why the fuck was this allowed? How fucking retarded is this judge to let this fucking precedent be set that this shit is acceptable?

 

[Brenda Holiday]

This is going on my list of things that better not be done to me when I die or I'm haunting everyone involved

 

[Buttigieg2020]

Family said the judge was so moved by the powerful video that he even referred to it in his closing statements at sentencing

Judges are retarded enough to believe in AI seances.

The justice system is fucked.

 

[Glory To Arztotska]

You know, I don't think I like AI anymore.

The proles tend to lash out at it for the dumbest reasons, or alternatively they use it for crap like this.

Civilization-ending solar flare when?

 

[AbyssGazer]

I think we should start AI generating statements from hypothetical victims of mean words on the Internet.

 

[Super-Chevy454]

This is literally no different from faking a witness statement, just with more steps. Why the fuck was this allowed? How fucking retarded is this judge to let this fucking precedent be set that this shit is acceptable?

Yeah but on the other hand, it could be interesting to see AI resurrecting, sort of, that killed retired deputy, to see how that black guy who killed that deputy because cops killed his son, would react.

 

[Fred Herbert]

Sweet. Does this mean I can now bring Ouija boards into courtrooms to deliver direct victim statements from beyond the grave? I've been looking for a new scam.

 

[Fapcop]

Judges are retarded enough to believe in AI seances.

The justice system is fucked.

I mean why not?!

Why not just haul a medium into court to deliver a victim impact statement from beyond the grave?

Kinda the same thing.

 

[Buttigieg2020]

Why not just haul a medium into court to deliver a victim impact statement from beyond the grave?

I guess the judge wasn’t an Ace Attorney fan.

 

[Kari Kamiya]

“In another life, we probably could have been friends,” the AI creation of the 37-year-old Army veteran said, addressing Horcasitas. “I believe in forgiveness…”

Family of white victims literally cannot help themselves putting words in their dead members' mouths that their non-white assailant would've been a friend or more if they believed hard enough.

This is likely the worse case of white guilt so far. Holy shit.

 

[Grub]

As retarded as all this is, if they trained an ai model solely on writing and videos of the dead dude and then had it generate an impact statement, and then read it with his voice and likeness I would feel like it's a little more legit than what would otherwise happen where some lazy lawyer would just have chat gpt write one for him.

 

[Morethanabitfoolish]

Just going to put this post here as a countdown before what I know is going to get posted appears.

 

[grump]

This is literally no different from faking a witness statement, just with more steps. Why the fuck was this allowed? How fucking retarded is this judge to let this fucking precedent be set that this shit is acceptable?

Was it acceptable in the preAI age for the Prosecutor to go up to the judge and say. 'Joe Blow is dead but we're going to get this really talented guy who pens a mean novel to write an impact statement to play a role in significant legal proceedings. Don't worry, it will be very accurate to what Joe Blow would say if he was alive and....knew that he was dead cause he's got some stuff his family turned over his diary and pictures and some videos with joe blow himself talking'? I mean if there is that precedent, but I haven't heard of such a thing.

As retarded as all this is, if they trained an ai model solely on writing and videos of the dead dude and then had it generate an impact statement, and then read it with his voice and likeness I would feel like it's a little more legit than what would otherwise happen where some lazy lawyer would just have chat gpt write one for him.

I doubt this guy is Asimov. They probably have a few pictures and videos and some scraps of writing and the AI fills in the rest. Oh and the recollections of some of his family colored through what they are trying to accomplish in the trial.

 

[Orkeosaurus]

How the fuck is a 10 year sentence the max? I know people talk about "crimes of passion" but a person who'll fly off the handle and shoot someone in traffic is way more dangerous to society than say someone who preemptively planned out murdering their wife.

 

[draggs]

Judge gave the perp a huge window to appeal the sentence with this

 

[30+GameOvers]

Pelkey’s sister and brother-in-law used the technology to recreate his image and voice likeness to “talk” to the courtroom about his life and the day he met Gabriel Paul Horcasitas, who shot him during a confrontation near Gilbert and Germann roads.

So the dumb cunt and the in-laws saw the new toy and thought that it would be great to make a mockery of their dead family member in front of the court with it. I am not sure if this is dumber or not than using Chat GPT as your lawyer like some lolcows have already admitted to doing.

 

[Vesperus]

“I believe in forgiveness…”

Even if this was a good idea (it's really not) this is the downside of using AI - it's not going to say "hang that spic bastard" because all AI is cucked beyond measure. Of course it's going to preach unity and forgiveness: I'm slightly surprised it didn't make the dude black, but maybe there was an early attempt we can't see.

Everyone involved is stupid and should die.

 

[Fred Jones -Traplord]

This is so fucking unethical, what a retarded judge.

but what IF we go back to the 2021 George Floyd trial and use all the public info we know about George Floyd to make a George Droyd Ai to deliver an emotional HEART wrenching impact statement on how it actually went down that day and that he would of probably capped some pregneant woman if the brave police didnt use the knee of justice on him.