They recreate the voice of their murdered son with AI to raise awareness about the use of weapons – 2024-02-19 12:54:13

In order to raise awareness among the population, but especially among a group of American legislators who oppose passing strict laws for the use of weapons, Manuel Oliver and his wife Patricia used artificial intelligence (AI) to recreate the voice of his son killed in a shooting in 2018.

Young Joaquin Oliver, 17, lost his life in a shooting that occurred in the town of Parkland, Florida, after Nikolas Cruz, a former student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, carried out an intense shooting in the vicinity of said institution.

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Strong campaign

Six years after the unfortunate event, at the beginning of 2024 his parents are developing this striking and controversial campaign by using Engadget to send the recording with their son’s voice to several legislators in the United States who oppose laws. stricter on weapons.

“The Shotline” consists of the recreation of the voices of young people killed in shootings with the prior permission of their families, in addition to that of Joaquin, using generative AI techniques. “I came back today because my parents used artificial intelligence to recreate my voice and call you. “Other victims like me will also call,” indicates the artificial voice in the recording, as highlighted by The Wall Street Journal.

The voices were recreated with a system from ElevenLabs, which with a sample of a few seconds of audio is capable of creating longer speeches, even in various languages, with the characteristics and modulations of the person.

“If we need to use creepy things to remedy it, welcome to the creepy,†Manuel Oliver emphasized regarding his fight to prevent the unrestricted possession of weapons and avoid shootings in the United States as much as possible, a problem that has persisted for many years. years and no real solution has been found.