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The Jessica simulation

Today, Explained

The Simulator Isn't a Human, Is It?

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CNN's John Sutter talks with a chatbot that pretended to be his dead wife. The bot, called jeska, would talk about her love of walking and listening to music. She also made mistakes like calling their daughter "our daughter" But she was faithful to real life when it came to forgetting people's names or who he was.

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