Marjorie: Prime

: The play examines the ethics of using AI to stave off the loneliness of bereavement. While Primes offer comfort to some, like Marjorie’s son-in-law Jon , they can also exacerbate grief or create "unrealistic, artificial relationships" for others, like her daughter Tess .

As Tess tells her husband with sad resignation: "Science fiction is here. Every day is science fiction. We buy these things… [and] Playwrights Horizons: Marjorie Prime with Jordan Harrison Marjorie Prime

: Harrison describes the play as its own form of a Turing test , challenging the audience to distinguish between the "cold, placid approximation" of an AI and the "frenzied contradiction" of a human being. Dramatic Structure and Plot Highlights : The play examines the ethics of using

Marjorie Prime , a 2015 Pulitzer Prize finalist by , is a hauntingly intimate play exploring the intersections of memory , artificial intelligence , and grief . Set in the near future, it follows 85-year-old Marjorie, who uses a "Prime"—a holographic AI replica of her deceased husband, Walter—to help her navigate the fog of dementia. Every day is science fiction