In just one month, all Chinese people, regardless of men, women, old or young, seemed to be involved in a magical movie.
Some people lied, some people rang the bell;
Some people recovered, some people passed away...
Some people wore protective clothing, looked at their loved ones through the glass, and said I love you that the other party could not hear;
Some people looked at the festival that should have been a reunion. Living relatives turned into ashes, separated from yin and yang.
There was a news piece last week: The video of a daughter chasing her dead mother in a funeral car and crying in front of the hospital was heart-wrenching to watch...
The death of relatives and friends has always been a super topic for us.
The movie Crow recommended today is a bit special.
There is no rating, no entry, no stills. I searched all over the Internet and could not find the source of the 50-minute complete film uploaded online...
But perhaps, this story can, at this special moment, give to those who are in deep pain, A little hope: "Meet You"
South Korea, Seoul.
Zhang Zhisheng is a mother of four children.
Like mothers all over the world, Mrs. Zhang loves her children deeply.
Every day, she will carefully prepare every meal to ensure the children's nutrition;
She will tie up the hair of her three daughters, match their clothes, and send them to school personally.
Every holiday, the couple takes their children to play in the countryside.
Although raising children is hard work, seeing the beautiful and healthy children grow up day by day, Zhang’s mother always feels very happy.
Until the summer three years ago.
Nayeon, who was more than three years old, was admitted to the hospital because she always had trouble with fever... Soon, the hospital informed Zhang’s mother that Nayeon had leukemia.
Zhang’s mother’s eyes darkened: How is this possible? My Nayeon is the healthiest among the siblings...
However, the child's weakening body continues to shatter the mother's fantasy of "maybe it will get better"... Not long after, Nayeon passed away due to her serious condition. .
For more than three years, Mother Zhang, who loves her children deeply, has never stopped thinking about her children...
The children's laughter, soft hair, figures playing in the water on the beach, and awkward crying faces...have always lingered in her. in front of my eyes.
On a sunny day, Mother Zhang will look at the clouds in the sky and wonder if her child is lying on the clouds;
On a cloudy day, she will think about whether the child will be afraid of thunder...
My mother said: My Nayeon is very beautiful. Like watching clouds. After she left, I saw the clouds and couldn't help but wave to the sky... When I came back to my senses, I felt like a crazy woman...
I said the words with a smile, but there were tears in my eyes unconsciously.
By chance, a VR technical team in South Korea learned about Zhang’s mother’s story.
They decided to use photogrammetry, motion capture and virtual reality technology to allow Zhang’s mother to see her deceased daughter again with the help of artificial intelligence...
On this day, when the mother put on VR, she saw her deceased daughter after more than three years. Nayeon...
Nayeon, who was already in another space, was wearing a beautiful dress, with big eyes, lively, and ran towards her mother excitedly: Mom, did you miss me? I miss you so much!
Mother Zhang nodded while crying: I miss my baby every day...
However, when the mother reached out and wanted to hug the child in front of her, she could only look at her hands, penetrating the child's body, and could not hold anything. Live...
South Korea's MBC TV station followed the entire process and made it into a documentary "Meeting You".
Last year, documentaries circulated online. Although there is no complete translation version on the Chinese website or the foreign language website...
, this kind of common emotional resonance among human beings has already transcended language.
On station B, although there is only a 12-minute Chinese translation clip, we can still see traces of an ordinary mother missing her child in the film:
For example, the mother made the child’s ashes into a necklace and wore it all the time. On the neck;
She said: Keep it in mind, just like I am holding her...
For example, when she puts her daughter's photo in the car, her mother never forgets to look at it when parking and getting out of the car;
For example, several times, when the mother mentioned her child, she always recalled it with a smile, but as she spoke, tears flowed down unconsciously...
The day came when we met. Although I had already been mentally prepared, the simulated portraits were not 100% the same. ...
However, when the mother heard her daughter calling "Mom" loudly, when she saw her daughter running towards her, the mother, who thought about it day and night, couldn't restrain herself in an instant...
In VR, the child returned to his former healthy appearance, bouncing around, Chirping, excitedly introduced to her mother: Mom, look, this is my little table, this is my little bed, I am very happy here...
With the help of VR, my mother helped her daughter celebrate her seventh birthday.
When her thoughtful daughter made a wish, she did not forget everyone in the family: Dad should stop smoking, brothers and sisters at home should get along well and not quarrel, mother should smile happily every day and stop crying...
Contact Zhang in the technical team After Mom, she thought about it for a long time.
Finally, she decided to try: In addition to selfishly wanting to see the child again, I also hope to use this to comfort people who have lost their loved ones and cheer up.
In just one week, the video has been played more than 13 million times on YouTube.
More than 200,000 netizens from all over the world, after watching the short 12-minute clip, sent comfort, encouragement and blessings to Zhang’s mother on social networking sites.
However, while it has moved countless people, this technology has also brought a lot of controversy.
In the film, when the mother keeps trying to hug her daughter, but because it is a simulated portrait, she can only put her hands around her daughter's shoulders and stay gently...
In the end, the daughter turns into a butterfly and flies away...
As the audience, we , I can’t help but feel a little cruel...
The arrival of technology often cannot escape the torture of ethics and morality. Many netizens are worried: Will such an operation cause secondary harm to the living, making them trapped in illusions and unable to extricate themselves?
Such a story is also happening in China.
(The source of some of the following information is from the public account "People", Sina Technology, and Sohu News. Some of the names are pseudonyms)
In the impression of Shanghai mother Li Yang, her daughter is always sensible and cute.
Mother and daughter would gossip, go shopping, and bicker together... However, all of this became a memory after their 15-year-old daughter died of illness.
During her illness, her mother promised her daughter: When you recover, we will eat delicious food together, go to Jeju Island to play, go wherever you want to go, and have a great time...
However, her daughter did not wait.
Over the past fourteen years, my mother has been accustomed to her daughter's noisy behavior. For her, it was a sense of peace and security.
Now, she can only keep flipping through her daughter's photos and videos on her phone, which is the last real connection between her and her child.
After her daughter left, her mother would often sit in a cafe and order two cups of American style, which was their favorite taste...
She often thought: Now that AI technology is so advanced, if you can make your child an AI, you can stay with her. , I do.
In September last year, with the mentality of giving it a try, my mother Li Yang sent a private message to Alibaba Artificial Intelligence Laboratory :
After several rounds of careful consideration and research by both parties, the laboratory decided to accept the commission.
A few months later, when my mother listened to the artificially synthesized early audio, she showed a smile that she had not seen for a long time...
My mother said: I hope to interact with her in this way. This is also my own way of healing.
Alibaba Artificial Intelligence Laboratory later issued a related statement.
related R&D expert Luohantang said: Technology is changing with each passing day, but how to balance the emotions and ethics of technology and human society is a problem we will always face.
Pictures from Weibo @Alibaba Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
In 2017, Gui Junmin from Jinan, Shandong Province, decided to try the technology of "freezing people" on his wife who was in the advanced stage of lung cancer.
Before making this decision, Gui Junmin did a lot of understanding and research. Finally, he convinced himself: It is better to keep hope than to burn it...
Some relatives advised him to erect a tombstone for his wife, but he immediately refused: She was just asleep, so why erect a tombstone?
Having been together for more than 20 years, the couple has already become the most profound flesh and blood in each other's lives. After his wife "went to sleep", he carefully took care of his wife's favorite plants and kept the house in order.
He said: Now I don’t even dare to eat fat. I exercise every day and strive to have a good body. When the time comes, I will take her home.
He knew that there would still be decades until the day his wife woke up. Before that, he had to ensure that everything was as it was before she fell asleep.
Every time, when he went to visit his wife in the liquid nitrogen tank, Teresa Teng's "I Only Care About You" was always playing on his mobile phone, which was his wife's favorite song.
Good music will never go out of style, just like my love for you will only last forever as time goes by.
Last year, a 91-year-old veteran Yuan Linchang found the program team of CCTV's " Waiting for Me ".
72 years ago, 20-year-old Henan soldier Yuan Linchang went to the battlefield for the first time. In that dangerous battle, platoon leader Zhou Minmin blocked the bullet for him with his body and saved his life.
Seven years later, the two went through life and death together, fought bloody battles, and became close friends... During a mission, the platoon leader had to leave temporarily.
Before leaving, he said to Yuan Linchang: When I come back, we will go home together.
Unexpectedly, this separation will be 64 years.
For half a century, Yuan Linchang tried every means to find the platoon leader, but to no avail: I just wanted to find the old platoon leader, his lifesaver, and say thank you to him...
However, after some searching, I learned that the platoon leader had passed away in 2004... but the program team used AI technology to simulate the voice of the old platoon leader, allowing the two old men to talk to each other across the air.
The voice of the old platoon leader came to the scene: Lin Chang, how are you? I am your comrade-in-arms, Zhou Guomin.Big Brother can't come today. Don't miss him. You have to live well and try to live for a few more years. Do you understand?
The white-haired old man seemed to have heard the instructions in the trenches seventy years ago... He stood up tremblingly, saluted forward...
Someone once asked a question on Zhihu: Missing you to the extreme, is What experience?
had a high-like reply. Instead of sharing the story he just made up, he shared a sentence he saw while reading English:
There are moments in life when you miss someone so much that you just want to pick them from your dreams and hug them for real. (@马心)
How many moments are there in our lives when we miss someone so much that we just want to pull them out of their dreams and hug them for real...
There are tens of millions of inspirational quotes in the world, used to persuade people to face loss bravely;
However, when I dream back at midnight, I am shocked to realize that the person I love has become a nothing, when huge sadness and emptiness hit...how much comfort and bravery , are no match for the momentary fragility of human instinct.
The bitterness of separation in this world, in the final analysis, is just one sentence, I want to see you.
Michael Graziano, a neuroscientist from Princeton University, said in an interview in December:
There is nothing wrong with wanting to retain memories. Now that you know the person is gone, you can accept the virtual equivalent...it's not a disease.
As netizens said: Not all wounds in can only be healed by forgetting.
With the help of technology, Zhang’s mother and daughter celebrated their birthdays and made up for their regrets;
The mother who lost her only child heard her daughter’s voice again and was no longer depressed;
The veteran who heard the voice of his comrades fulfilled his long-cherished wish;
The husband is waiting for his wife to wake up, with hope and hope. In order to see my wife again in the future, we must exercise every day, have a healthy diet, and live a life that is no longer decadent...
Facing a new technology, humans have the absolute right to reject and question;
But when we see a person who has lost a loved one People just want to see each other again, struggling in the sea of suffering with no hope, and suffering from the seven sufferings of life...
Perhaps, allowing the fragility of human beings to leave a gentle look back to the living is the cold technology, sending A warm answer for humans.
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