How Do People Experience Digital Recreation of the Deceased? : A Case Study of AI Misora Hibari and an Explanation Based on the Death of a Person

近年，デジタルにおける死者再現が議論されている．韓国ではVR で母親と亡くなった娘が再会する事例が注目を集め，アメリカでは銃乱射事件の被害者が銃規制を訴えるため再現された．日本では特にAI 美空ひばりが注目をあび，2019年からの複数の放送や芸能人の発言を契機に社会的賛否が寄せられた．本研究は，AI 美空ひばりへの人々の賛否を，フランスの哲学者，ジャンケレヴィッチの「死の人称」を理論的背景に，新聞投稿記事やTogetter の文章から分析した．その結果，美空ひばりを2人称として認知する人々，つまり美空ひばりを親しく感じている人々には，親しい故に死者再現に肯定的な態度をとる人と，拒絶感を示す人がいることがわかり，これらを〈2人称の再会〉，〈2人称の拒否〉と呼んだ．このほか，3人称の経験を5つに分類するなど，併せて10の概念カテゴリーを生成することで，AI 美空ひばりへの社会的賛否を整理することに成功した．In recent years, digital recreations of the deceased have been the subject of much discussion. InSouth Korea, a case in which a mother and her deceased daughter are reunited in VR has attractedattention, and in the US, a shooting victim was recreated to appeal for gun control. In Japan, AIMisora Hibari has attracted particular attention and received social approval or disapprovalfollowing multiple broadcasts and statements by celebrities starting in 2019. This study analyzednewspaper and Togetter texts on peopleʼs approval or disapproval of AI Misora Hibari, usingJanklevichʼs “personhood of death” as a theoretical background. As a result, it was found that somepeople who recognize Misora Hibari as the second person, that is, those who feel close to MisoraHibari, have a positive attitude toward the reenactment of the deceased because of their familiarity,while others express rejection because of their closeness, which is called , called . In addition, the third person was classified into five categories, and the total of ten conceptual categories was used to organize the social approval ordisapproval of AI Misora Hibari