"Good morning Mary, it''s such a beautiful day today!"


    "You''re right, John, where''s Susan?"


    "Hi, Mom. Hi, Dad." Susan frowned while sitting at the breakfast table.


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    "What happened to Frank, your boyfriend?" asked John.


    "He left me last night!" Susan cried.


    "Oh, darling, I''m so sorry." Mary comforted her.


    "She''s not even real. They''re making them too realistic now …"


    Susan''s ‘parents’ counseled her for a few hours. She then shut off their holograms for a reset.


    The consciousness capture modules tend to get wonky if left on for too long as the AI develops its own divergent personality patterns.