A: As generative AI keeps evolving, the use of AI technology to “resurrect” people has become an ethical issue.
B: The late singer CoCo Lee’s mother even denounced such AI videos
featuring CoCo as causing secondary harm.
Photo: AP 照片:美聯社
A: But some seem to have a different view.
B: How so?
A: Like the late singer Whitney Houston’s family is happy to hold hologram concerts, so more fans can admire the legendary pop diva.
A: 生成AI技術日新月異,讓死者重現的「AI復活最近也引爆了道德爭議!
B: 像李玟的媽媽就抱怨,讓李玟「復活」的影片對她造成二次傷害。
A: 不過也有許多人持不同的意見。
B: 怎麼說?
A: 像已故歌后惠妮休斯頓的家人,就很樂意舉辦全息投影演唱會,讓歌迷能欣賞傳奇天后的風采。
(By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times/台北時報張聖恩)
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A: Which TV drama series have been global hits so far this year? B: The US drama “Stranger Things 5,” South Korean drama “Can This Love Be Translated?” and Chinese megahit “Pursuit of Jade” are all popular lately. A: Isn’t “Pursuit of Jade” the costume idol drama about the romance between a charming marquis and a pig-slaughterer? Actor Zhang Linghe and actress Tian Xiwei are both so attractive. B: Plus, Netflix’s Korean-Japanese gay romance drama “Soul Mate” — starring Korea’s Ok Taec-yeon and Japan’s Hayato Isomura — is set to premiere in May. A: These hit international dramas
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