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Family uses AI to create video for deadly victim's own impact statement

by healsdata on 5/6/25, 7:31 PM with 6 comments

  • by AStonesThrow on 5/6/25, 10:20 PM

    I wonder if the court would find it acceptable if the video were done in the style of "disfigured zombie bound in clanking chains" or "ghostly apparition moaning in tormented pain". The possibilities are endless, I suppose, for anyone who's read A Christmas Carol.
  • by iAMkenough on 5/6/25, 9:50 PM

    AI-generated alternative realities are now admissible in court.
  • by ty6853 on 5/6/25, 10:37 PM

    The court is happy to let AI be used against a defendent, but god forbid the defendent uses AI as a tool for their pro se defense.
  • by squigz on 5/6/25, 9:44 PM

    Full title is

    > Family uses AI to create video for deadly Chandler road rage victim's own impact statement