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AI of Dead Arizona Road Rage Victim Addresses Killer In Court
Thursday May 8, 2025. 07:30 AM , from Slashdot
![]() Pelkey was 37 years old, devoutly religious and an army combat veteran. Horcasitas shot Pelkey at a red light in 2021 after Pelkey exited his vehicle and walked back towards Horcasitas's car. Pelkey's appearance from beyond the grave was made possible by artificial intelligence in what could be the first use of AI to deliver a victim impact statement. Stacey Wales, Pelkey's sister, told local outlet ABC-15 that she had a recurring thought when gathering more than 40 impact statements from Chris's family and friends. 'All I kept coming back to was, what would Chris say?' Wales said. Wales and her husband fed an AI model videos and audio of Pelkey to try to come up with a rendering that would match the sentiments and thoughts of a still-alive Pelkey, something that Wales compared with a 'Frankenstein of love' to local outlet Fox 10. Judge Todd Lang responded positively to the AI usage. Lang ultimately sentenced Horcasitas to 10 and a half years in prison on manslaughter charges. 'I loved that AI, thank you for that. As angry as you are, as justifiably angry as the family is, I heard the forgiveness,' Lang said. 'I feel that that was genuine.' Also in favor was Pelkey's brother John, who said that he felt 'waves of healing' from seeing his brother's face, and believes that Chris would have forgiven his killer. 'That was the man I knew,' John said. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/05/07/2029215/ai-of-dead-arizona-road-rage-victim-addresses-killer...
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