Blindspot creator is developing The Jessica Simulation, about a man who is uses artificial intelligence to reconnect with his late wife

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Martin Gero will adapt the July 2021 San Francisco Chronicle article "The Jessica Simulation: Love and Loss in the Age of A.I." as a limited series. The viral article written by reporter Jason Fagone "tells the story of Joshua Barbeau, a 33-year-old man who had lost his fiancée, Jessica, to a rare liver disease eight years earlier. The death of the woman he loved was too much to bear," per Deadline. "Not able to move on, Joshua comes across an incredibly advanced yet mysterious AI-designed website that offers him to speak with her one last time to help him heal. He is able to reconnect with Jessica through the unique program and have actual text conversations with the AI version of his dead fiancée. The story is about grief and finding the power internally to move forward."