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John Darwin disappeared in 2002 and was declared dead, he wasn't. When James Vlahos found out his father was dying he decided to turn his dad into a chatbot.

Five years after he had been declared dead in a canoeing accident, John Darwin walked into a police station. Where had he been and what had he been doing?

Californian James Vlahos had a great relationship with his father, so when he was told his dad was dying he had to do something to preserve his memory. He got hold of specialist software, and started typing up some of the things his dad had said to him and made what he calls a 'Dadbot'

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27 minutes

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Mon 23 Oct 2017 00:32GMT

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  • Sat 21 Oct 2017 07:32GMT
  • Mon 23 Oct 2017 00:32GMT

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