Feb 16, 2024 21:00:00

``The Shotline'', a gun control promotion project that uses AI to reproduce the ``voices of victims killed by guns'' and send voice messages to lawmakers

The Shotline , a project to promote gun control using AI, was launched by

Change the Ref and March For Our Lives , an organization that promotes gun control. The Shotline allows you to send an AI-generated ``audio message from the voice of a gun-killed victim calling for legislation related to gun control'' to federal legislators.

The Shotline
https://www.theshotline.org/

Victims of gun violence and mass shootings lobby Congress from beyond the grave : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2024/02/14/1231264701/gun-violence-parkland-anniversary-ai-generated-voices-congress

Voices of the dead: shooting victims plead for gun reform with AI-voice messages | US gun control | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/14/ai-shooting-victims-calls-gun-reform

The official page of The Shotline has facial photos and profiles of victims of shooting incidents, and you can listen to the message generated by AI by clicking the play button. For example, the person below is Joaquin Oliver, a victim of the mass shooting that occurred in Florida on February 14, 2018, and when you click the play button, he says, ``Six years have passed (since the mass shooting). 'You didn't do anything.' 'I'm back here today because my parents used AI to recreate my voice to call you. Other victims... 'They will call you again and again asking you to take action. How many times will you have to call them to get them to care? How many voices of the dead will you hear before they finally listen?' will be played.

There is a button below the victim's profile field that allows you to send a message to the legislator, so click on it.

The postal code entry screen will then be displayed. I tried entering the White House zip code '20500' and clicking 'FIND MY REP'.

Then, the phone number of

Eleanor Holmes Norton 's office, a representative from Washington DC, was displayed. If you click 'SEND JOARUIN'S CALL' as it is, you can send a voice message to the office.

Furthermore, there are concerns that voice messages generated using AI could be misused to interfere with election campaigns or commit fraud, and the Federal Trade Commission Act (FCC) announced on February 8, 2024, ``Use of AI voice for robocalls.'' is illegal.''

FCC declares ``Use of AI voice for robocalls is illegal'' - GIGAZINE