When a journalist uses AI to interview a dead child, isn’t it time to ask what the boundaries should be? | Gaby Hinsliff
The article discusses the ethical implications of using AI to interview a deceased child in order to amplify a campaign for stricter gun control laws. Joaquin Oliver, a 17-year-old victim of the Parkland school shooting, was digitally resurrected through an AI system trained on his social media posts, at the request of his grieving parents. The article raises concerns about the potential exploitation of human needs and the blurring of boundaries between the virtual and the real, especially when it comes to sensitive issues like the loss of a child. The author questions whether this approach is the right way to get the voices of dead children heard, and calls for a deeper consideration of the ethical limits of using AI in such contexts.
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