You Can Now Live Forever. (Your AI-Powered Twin, That Is).

It's January 17, 2020-- the world has yet to change; Wuhan locks down six days later -- and Emil Jimenez is on a train from Vienna to Prague. "She's like, 'Daddy,' y'know, 'what is this?'" Jimenez tells me on a video call from the Czech Republic. Jimenez tells her it's Siri, and encourages her to talk to the digital assistant. Her first question is if Siri has a mother. From there, she peppers the artificial intelligence with the kinds of questions kids ask -- do you like ice cream?