Watch: Eerie AI-generated video of army veteran shot dead played during killer’s sentencing hearing

Watch: Eerie AI-generated video of shooting victim played during courtcaseAI generated

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00:00Just to be clear for everyone seeing this, I am a version of Chris Pelkey recreated through AI that uses my picture and my voice profile.

00:08I was able to be digitally regenerated to share with you today.

00:13But here is insight into who I actually was in real life. Take a look.

00:18All right, I'm Chris Pelkey. I served with the United States Army in the Infantry. I'm from upstate New York.

00:25I think the number one thing is God.

00:30As you can see from my video I recorded in 2021, this here is a true representation of who I was, you know, not how the courtroom portrayed me.

00:42So I would like to make my own impact statement to Gabriel Horkasidas, the man who shot me.

00:48It is a shame we encountered each other that day in those circumstances.

00:53In another life, we probably could have been friends.

00:57I believe in forgiveness and in God who forgives. I always have. And I still do.