>Breathing life into a vile monster who remains a contentious subject is just gross and not worth publishing.

No, it is absolutely worth publishing, because that's exactly what AI does.

People already model celebrities and their dead children with it, and they have deeper and more intimate relationships with it than with any real person. People already allow AI to form their reality. The human "soul" (however one wants to think of it) is already a commodity. And the entire Epstein affair is already a circus. It's just another memeplex. That's the world we live in now. Sure, let's have an Epstein app. Why the fuck not? Why pretend we're serious people living in a serious society where Epstein's crimes have serious consequences?

It's art because it reflects the nature of reality.