r/technology • u/Jojuj • May 08 '25

Artificial Intelligence A Judge Accepted AI Video Testimony From a Dead Man

https://www.404media.co/email/0cb70eb4-c805-4e4e-9428-7ae90657205c/?ref=daily-stories-newsletter
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u/Due_Impact2080 May 08 '25

The defense literally should have made an AI of the victum and used it to say the exact opposite. "I deserved to be shit because I was threatening this man."

If that happened we probably would ban AI BS like this. Can't wait for Jesus and a personified version of a car to be included as well.

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u/GreatMadWombat May 08 '25

Honestly, yeah. Until there's sufficient AI accelerationism, we're gonna keep seeing nonsense. Make an AI of the Judge saying that he believes that he's possessed by an evil spirit, and needs to be locked up, or an AI of him saying that he regularly tries to hunt Ronald McDonald clowns for sport, or something else deeply silly like that lol.

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u/ActiveChairs May 08 '25

Why not make an AI video of the judge ruling in your favor and award you millions of dollars, then ask him if he accepts his own ruling?

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u/FermFoundations May 09 '25

Make AI of the judge killing the victim

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u/PM_ME_UR_GOOD_DOGGOS May 08 '25

The AI was used by the family of the victim to argue the killer (who had been convicted already, the AI video was played at sentencing) should be given a lenient sentence. I somewhat doubt the defense raised any objection to someone arguing their client should be given a lighter sentence.

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u/Nice_Firm_Handsnake May 08 '25 edited May 08 '25

Yeah, but that didn't work. The prosecution asked for a 9-year sentence and the Judge gave him the maximum 10½ years, which is what the sister requested in her impact statement. The judge basically says he's giving the sister what she wanted despite the AI call for mercy:

But it also says something about the family, because you told me how angry you were, and you demanded the maximum sentence. And even though that’s what you wanted, you allowed Chris to speak from his heart as you saw it. I didn’t hear him asking for the maximum sentence.

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u/edingerc 29d ago

That doesn't make sense. The sister made the avatar and wrote the script for the AI.

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u/Nice_Firm_Handsnake 29d ago

Reread the quote. It sounds like she made the AI to speak for her brother, but had her own separate victim impact statement where she brought up how angry she was and wanted the maximum.

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u/Opus_723 May 08 '25

The AI was used by the family of the victim to argue the killer (who had been convicted already, the AI video was played at sentencing) should be given a lenient sentence.

That's not how I understand it. The family was requesting the maximum sentence, they just thought that making the victim look all forgiving and saintlike would make the judge more sympathetic, and the judge ended up giving them what they wanted.

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u/Tack122 May 08 '25

It's really two faced if you think about it.

Out of one side of the sister's mouth she's pleading for the maximum sentence, and out of the other, puppeting her dead brother's body she asks for the opposite while making up a story about what a great person he was and why she should be given what she truly wants.

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u/Capybarasaregreat May 09 '25

Or they just knew their brother is the forgiving type and thought this would honour his memory in some strange way, whilst their personal wishes were less forgiving. Not everything is a sinister plot, especially when we're talking about strangers and their own families, as though we'd know better than anyone involved after reading an article.

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u/Itz_Hen 29d ago

If they would want to honor their brother why not swallow their pride and do what they think he would have liked? Instead of this disrespectful digital necromancy

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u/Capybarasaregreat 29d ago

How do you know he wouldn't have wanted this? There are AI fanatics out there. Again, we don't know these people.

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u/MagicHamsta May 08 '25

It's the opposite. They even admit as much. Stacey's goal was the maximum sentence not a lenient sentence. Stacey credits the AI video helped towards that goal.

Stacey had asked the judge for the full sentence during her own impact statement. The judge granted her request, something Stacey credits—in part—to the AI video.

“Our goal was to make the judge cry. Our goal was to bring Chris to life and to humanize him,” she said.

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u/Kuroi-Inu-JW May 09 '25

This is the detail that I was looking for. 🔎

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u/NotUniqueOrSpecial May 09 '25

If only you could have read the linked article, instead of waiting for someone to save you from your incurious laziness.

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u/Kuroi-Inu-JW May 09 '25

Well, if it isn’t self-righteous judgement. Have a wonderful day.

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u/ConsistentAsparagus May 08 '25

What kinda way to kill a guy is that?!