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The Ventriloquist Court: AI "Victim Statements" and the Death of Reality

The Ventriloquist Court: AI "Victim Statements" and the Death of Reality

An Arizona case shows how digital resurrections of the dead could undermine the foundations of our justice system.

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May 08, 2025
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In an Arizona courtroom last week, we crossed a disturbing technological threshold that should alarm anyone who cares about justice, reality, or basic human dignity. A man killed in a road rage incident was digitally resurrected to "speak" at his killer's sentencing – not through video taken during his life, but through an AI-generated simulation create…

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