Journal of Alta California

Life, Uninterrupted

After his father died, James Vlahos found himself reaching for his phone, aching to speak with his father. But instead of it being a futile gesture, when Vlahos said, “Hey, Dad!” his father responded, “How the hell are you?”

Using off-the-shelf artificial intelligence software and his father’s oral history, Vlahos built a Dadbot — a virtual version of his

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