Former CNN correspondent Jim Acosta interviewed an AI model of Joaquin Oliver on Monday, August 4, about the importance of reducing gun violence. Oliver died at the age of 17 in 2018 in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida. The interview happened on what would have been Oliver’s 25th birthday.
Acosta’s interview raised serious questions about the ethics of AI. However, the AI avatar, developed from a still image, was made with his parents’ permission. Acosta interviewed the AI model at his parents’ request.
