US parents create AI video of slain son to spur voters


This computer-generated image, taken from video created through artificial intelligence, shows a depiction of Joaquin Oliver, a teenager killed in the Parkland school massacre. — Change The Ref/McCann Health via AP

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida: Wearing his signature hoodie and beanie, an earbud casually hanging from one ear, passionate Parkland teen Joaquin Oliver urges his peers to vote for US lawmakers who will end gun violence in a new video released Friday. Next month’s election would have been his first chance to vote.

The 17-year-old’s mannerisms and vernacular “yo, it’s me” are shockingly lifelike, but it is just a mirage – a realistic, almost eerie artificial intelligence re-creation of the teen who was among the 17 killed in the 2018 Valentine’s Day massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, the worst school shooting in history.

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