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The post Xitter web has spawned soo many āesotericā right wing freaks, but thereās no appropriate sneer-space for them. Iām talking redscare-ish, reality challenged āculture criticsā who write about everything but understand nothing. Iām talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. Theyāre inescapable at this point, yet I donāt see them mocked (as much as they should be)
Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldnāt be surgeons because they didnāt believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I canāt escape them, I would love to sneer at them.
(Credit and/or blame to David Gerard for starting this.)
Road rage victim āspeaksā via AI at his killerās sentencing [Archive]
I fucking canāt right now.
Edit: 404Media article on the story thatās much better
This is beyond horrifying:
I donāt know to decide wether I should be glad this wasnāt show to a jury, or sad we donāt get an obvious mistrial setting some kind of precedent against this kind of demented ventriquolism act, indirectly asking for maximum sentencing through what should be completely inadmissible character testimony.
Does anyone here know how āappeals on sentencingā vs āappeals on verdictsā, obviously judges should have some leeway, but do they have enough leeway to say (In court) that they were moved for example by what a spirit medium said or whatnot, is there some jurisprudence there?
I can only hope that the video played an insignificant role in the judges decision, and it was some derangedāpost hocāemotionalāwaxing āpoeticā moment for the judge.
Yuck.
Story goes he got an extra year of prison and the judge mentioned the ai testimony.
If I ever get murdered in the USA and my ai fake is not shouting about jury nullification you know it isnt the real me.
does anyone know who the company who did the AI video was? This reeks of PR.
I tried to find that out but it doesnāt seem to be mentioned in any of the articles. However, searching for the names associated with it (wife, brother-in-law, and the third business partner) brings up āKadima Venturesā from Arizona, which has these three names listed as management. However, information about that company beyond some weird mentions and a LinkedIn profile seems to be scarce (and the AZ business registry is either down right now or not accessible from where I am).
I looked again and found a 404 article on the whole story thatās better and has more info than the one I linked before, though. Iām adding that to the original post.
Absolute chicanery.