Min Lee, Gao Yixiang, and Qiao Renliang were all "resurrected" by AI. Can you accept digital immortality?
"I will always be with you, our music will always connect us, and I will always be your Coco Lee."
Recently, a video of "ai Coco Lee warmly responded to fans' concerns" attracted attention. In the video, ai Coco Lee faced the camera and expressed her gratitude and encouragement to her fans.
Not only Coco Lee, netizens also used AI to "resurrection" deceased artists such as Gao Yixiang and Qiao Renliang. Some people felt relieved about this, but more of them were skeptical. It is worth mentioning that cases of AI "resurrecting" relatives are becoming more and more common, and related industry chains have been formed. Whether to accept the eternal farewell of heaven and humans or to customize digital immortality may be a choice we will all face.
Coco Lee, Gao Yixiang, Qiao Renliang and other deceased people were "resurrected" by AI
Will everyone be able to have "digital immortality" in the future?
Recently, some netizens used AI to generate videos and sounds to "resurrection" Coco Lee and Godfrey Gao, which have been trending on Weibo. In the comment area of these videos, many netizens questioned the inappropriateness of their approach, and some people also asked the blogger about the production of deceased How much does the video cost?
△ai generates video screenshots
According to the Daily Economic News, on March 14, the blogger said that making other videos of the deceased was not free and would cost 588 yuan. He also said that as long as the virtual video of the deceased is not used for commercial purposes, there is no risk of being held accountable by the family of the deceased.
Previously, the famous musician Bao Xiaobai used AI to "resurrection" his beloved daughter, sparking heated discussions. In the video, Tolerance (Bao Xiaobai’s daughter, whose English name is Feli) can not only have a conversation, but also sing happy birthday to her mother.
The reporter searched on relevant platforms and found that many people have registered accounts for "AI Resurrection of Relatives". Some people's homepage introduction reads "Use AI to resurrect 'eternal' relatives and customize various blessing videos" and "Recruiting students and agents." After Coco Lee, Qiao Renliang, Gao Yixiang and other deceased artists were "resurrected" by AI, some netizens left messages in the comment area hoping to "resurrect" other deceased artists.
There are still many people who want to resurrect the dead, and "AI resurrection" has formed an industry chain. According to the Morning News, Zhang Zewei, a young man born in the 1990s from Jiangsu, has contacted thousands of such families. Most of them were traumatized by the unexpected death of their loved ones, and many of them wanted to hide the truth of their loved ones' deaths from their families. The "Super Mind" team founded by him has successfully used AI to help more than 600 families "resurrect" their loved ones and achieve healing.
As long as we have the video and audio data of the deceased, we can use AI technology to restore his image and voice, allowing the deceased to reappear in front of his relatives. Zhang Zewei's team is doing such a job called "AI Healing": using advanced AI technology to synthesize the real image and voice of the character, and then the team's psychological counselors "act" this image behind the scenes, using the character Communicate with customers as your identity.
After doing more than 600 "AI healing" commissions, Zhang Zewei proposed the idea of "digital immortality": no matter living or dead, everyone can use AI to create a "digital clone". The form remains with loved ones.
In the gray area between legal principles and ethics
Do you accept eternal farewell between heaven and man or digital immortality?
Although for many people, being able to see the voice and smile of the deceased again can relieve the pain of lovesickness, there has always been a lot of controversy about "AI resurrection". Does using AI to resurrect the deceased violate the rights of the deceased? What legal risks are faced? Will it cause secondary harm? Furthermore, white lies cannot last, and accepting death is still a lifelong issue.
From a legal perspective, the above-mentioned netizens use AI to "resurrect" deceased artists, which poses a risk of illegality. According to The Paper, the blogger’s behavior is suspected of infringing on Coco Lee’s portrait rights.
Wu Hai, senior partner of Shanghai Everbright Law Firm, said that first of all, AI "resurrection" is based on the use of portraits of the deceased, with corresponding sounds based on algorithms, and some can also engage in simple interactions. According to the Civil Code and relevant regulations, the deceased does not enjoy the right to portrait, but if the use of the portrait of the deceased causes mental suffering to close relatives, they may file for compensation for mental damages.Therefore, the legal prerequisite for AI to "resurrection" the deceased is that it must not cause mental pain to their close relatives.
From a rational point of view, although "seeing each other again" can comfort some people who care about the deceased, this act of "resurrection" is not against the deceased's own wishes and may cause secondary harm to the family of the deceased. .
△Some netizens’ opinions.
According to the Morning News, Mr. Yang from Nanjing, Jiangsu used AI to "resurrection" his second uncle last winter, but this spring he decided to expose the lie. When talking about the concept of life and death, Mr. Yang rationally said that if you pass away, you have passed away. "AI resurrection" is just a virtual image generated based on data and algorithms. "But I have always felt that forgetting is the end of death. Everyone There are relatives who are close to me, and that is my second uncle. I feel that as long as I remember him, he will always be alive."
Xiaoxiang Morning News editor Ning Gefei
