I think if I wanted to frame this in a slightly more general way, what could be interesting is to create a digital persona. A character whose purpose is to help people explore their own reactions to AIs and digital characters with different levels of capability. One aspect of that is seeing when you're being suckered into thinking there's more feeling there than is really there. And on the semantic level, it's interesting too. How we engage to AIs at various fractional levels of quasi-intelligence is quite interesting.
Our special guest for the first episode of the Mindplex Podcast is David Brin, a scientist and science fiction author of more than 35 books over the last 40 years. His PhD in astrophysics from the University of California at San Diego led to his current involvement with NASA's Innovative & Advanced Concepts program - (NIAC).
5. From David: "Okay this one is purely political, trying to get Democrats to try new tactics in phase 8 of the US Civil War: Polemical Judo, by David Brin: http://www.davidbrin.com/polemicaljudo.html