Conversations beyond the grave: AI meets History

In this episode I go back to interview Paul Tibbets, who, on August 6th 1945, piloted the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. This is an extremely controversial moment in history. On the one side it ended the war, but on the other it killed an estimated 78,000 instantly (and even more by radiation). I will be going back to question how he feels, felt, and would do differently if he had the opportunity.

In this episode I interview Gavrilo Princip. He was a Bosnian Serb nationalist who assassinated Franz Ferdinand, sparking WWI. On June 28th 1914 the car which had Franz Ferdinand and his wife took a wrong turn in front of a coffee shop where Gavrilo was eating a sandwich. Gavrilo walked up to the car and shot them both, and WWI followed. I will go back to after this event to question him on his actions that day, and what followed.

In this episode I impersonate John F. Kennedy, confronting the man who assassinated him, Lee Harvey Oswald. Kennedy was assassinated on the 22nd of November 1963 in Dallas, Texas by Oswald. This episode develops into an interrogation as Lee Harvey Oswald refuses to accept his guilt and Kennedy keeps the pressure on him.

I impersonate President Truman as I go back in time to question General Douglas MacArthur, the main general in The Korean War who led the US and UN forces. In 1951 President Truman dismissed MacArthur after he threatened nuclear war, this decision saved countless lives, and I am going back to question why General MacArthur would put all those lives at risk.

I impersonate a US Vietnam War Veteran, who confronts President Lyndon B. Johnson on his actions and military tactics implemented during The Vietnam War. Those actions caused many US soldiers to unfortunately be killed in Vietnam, and this conversation demands an explanation from the president himself.

I impersonate the character of General Stauffenberg, a man who on the 20th of July 1944 attempted to assassinate Hitler. I will go back for one final conversation (using the AI software Bot 3 AI), in the bunker where Hitler dies, a few moments before the allied forces reach him, to discuss, review and question his life and decisions. Something that was and never will be done again, I will stand up to Hitler...

I impersonate the character of the best friend to Gao Gang, a very powerful CCP member, who just a few days prior to my arrival, in August 1954, was driven to suicide by Mao Zedong. In this episode I aim to have a conversation with Mao using the AI software Bot 3 AI. The supposedly infallible leader is in his office he sits there guiltless and unquestioned, as no one has ever told him that he has done wrong. Until now…

This is a trailer introducing my podcast, Conversations beyond the grave: AI meets History