[ Look explaining that would at least tangentially involve explaining Carolina's gigantic pile of shit, and while he still might someday he'll be very stubborn about it. It's more her secret than his own. ]

The process that's used to create a smart AI -- Cognitive Immersion Mapping, the thing about retracing an existing human's neural pathways? The brain being imaged doesn't survive that process.

They usually use something off the recently deceased.