Being able to communicate with those who have left us has been a daydream for many (and a nightmare to some). Although the daydream continues, the current AI technologies get us almost there, as we demonstrate in this article dedicated to the memory of Professor George Tiao, a mentor to all three of us. Collectively we compiled 10 questions that we would like to ask George if he were still with us. We fed the questions to Codex (on August 22, 2026), with the instruction that the answers should mimic George’s voice as much as possible, based on his speeches and writing that Codex could find and access, and that the whole piece should not exceed 1,800 words. In less than a minute (and without any iterative prompting), Codex produced the following, presented verbatim, including its title and subtitle (which we did not ask).