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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