In 2021, Chris Pelkey, 37, received bullets during a road altercation in Chandler, in Arizona. However, he was heard during his murderer’s trial, according to an article in the local press, seen by The Guardian. More specifically, it was a version generated by artificial intelligence to make a victim statement. A first.
This was created by his sister, Stacey Wales. Although he collected more than 40 statements from Chris’s family and friends, he often wondered what he would have said. With her husband, she led to an AI model with videos and audio content to recreate her image and voice, so that he can express himself in the trial.
“For Gabriel Horcasitas, the man who shot me was a shame that we met that day in these circumstances,” said the AI version of Chris Pelkey in a video recorded and transmitted in the courtroom. “In another life, we could probably have been friends,” he continues.
A faithful representation of the victim
Very believing, the army veteran represented by AI said he forgave his murderer. “I believe in forgiveness and in a God that forgives. I have always done it and I do it again,” he said. The AI version of Chris Pelkey also claims to represent how the victim would look if he had the opportunity to age.
The words supported by his sister, who said that all the people who knew him discovered that the video recording “faithfully represented the spirit and soul of the way Chris would have thought of his own conviction as a victim of a murder.”
The judge, who appreciated the AI version of Chris Pelkey, sentenced Gabriel Horcasitas to 10 and a half years in prison for homicide, reports The Guardian. “I loved this AI, thanks. Even if you’re angry, even if the family is correctly, I heard forgiveness,” he said. “I think it was sincere,” he concluded.
Source: BFM TV
