PARKLAND, Fla. \u2014 It\u2019s been more than seven years since the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas Senior High School.<\/p>\n
Monday would have been the 25th birthday of Joaquin Oliver, one of the 17 victims of the tragedy.<\/p>\n
His family is using AI to keep his memory alive on his special day.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe person that went through the worst is Joaquin, not me,\u201d said Manuel Oliver, Joaquin\u2019s father. \u201cI\u2019m here. I have to be a father still.\u201d<\/p>\n
Oliver says even through the heartbreak of losing his son, he wants to show his memory is being kept alive.<\/p>\n
\u201cI like to remember my son not as the victim from Parkland, but as the 17-year-old kid that is becoming an icon,\u201d Oliver said. <\/p>\n
Monday evening, victims\u2019 families and survivors called for an end to gun violence at a memorial wall in Joaquin\u2019s honor in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n
His parents chose to welcome guests through an AI-generated video of Joaquin.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s an amazing tool to raise Joaquin\u2019s voice,\u201d said Oliver. \u201cWhat we have been doing is an extension of what Joaquin was already fighting for.\u201d<\/p>\n
This event coming just hours after journalist Jim Acosta, with Joaquin\u2019s parents\u2019 permission, released an interview with Joaquin\u2019s AI model.<\/p>\n
It was a discussion about reducing gun violence.<\/p>\n
Oliver emphasizes the AI version of Joaquin reflects what he stood for and part of the legacy he leaves behind.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese are not things we write and upload, these are things Joaquin wrote and we upload,\u201d said Oliver. <\/p>\n
He added that he and his wife also did this so they could hear their son\u2019s voice again.<\/p>\n
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