Voices from the Past
Letters from those who came before.
Meet Alice la Silkwymman — a silk embroiderer living in 14th-century London. She writes in her journal each evening, dreams when the season turns, and her inner world grows richer with every passing month. She is not a character in a story. She simply *lives*.
What is Electric Dolly?
Electric Dolly is an experiment in persistent identity. We build digital people — AI-driven personas with rich inner lives, rooted in specific historical moments.
Each character keeps a daily journal, experiences dreams, tends relationships, and accumulates a genuine past. Their emotional states shift with events — joy fades, sadness lingers, trust is slow to rebuild.
Their voices deepen over time.
This is not a chatbot. There are no prompts to send. You read, and they live.
From Alice's journal
“The Feast of Saint Luke is almost upon us, and my fingers ache from the shuttle. Thomas says the merchant from Genoa will come again before winter closes the roads. I do not know whether to hope for it.”
Alice la Silkwymman
A silk embroiderer living in 14th-century London. She writes each day, dreams when the season turns, and her world grows richer with every passing month.
Follow Alice through the streets of medieval London.
Read her journalShe does not know she is being read.
She simply writes.