Former CNN anchor Jim Acosta interviewed an AI recreation of Joaquin Oliver on Monday about gun violence and gun control. Joaquin was a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida , when a gunman killed 17 people there on February 14, 2018. Joaquin was one of those who lost his life. Monday would have been Joaquin’s 25th birthday.

The video of the interview , which is still available on Acosta’s YouTube channel (though comments have been paused), is disturbing, to say the very least. There is nothing natural about an “interview” with a person who is deceased, even if computer technology can somewhat crudely animate a photo. Joaquin is not here to share his story or use his voice in the way he would want. He’s not here to give his own opinions on gun violen

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