One wintry evening in Delhi, I received an unusual call from New York. At the other end was a soft, charming voice that belonged to someone who was bringing out the world’s classics using Artificial Intelligence. They’d chosen the Bhagavad Gita from India and wondered if I’d be a guide for this interactive AI book. The voice explained that the AI book would encourage readers to ask questions while reading the text. Answers would come from my cloned voice, based on 15 hours of interviews conducted in advance. At the end of each chapter, the reader would engage in a...