Mao Lin Liao is the founder of Reblika, a Dutch AI tech firm specialising in ‘blurring the lines between real and digital.’ While this statement sounds ominously Black Mirroresque on the surface, Mao’s mission is to create synthetic human beings who positively impact the lives of their organic counterparts. This conversation discusses the many facets of this fascinating person whose synth-human AIs are today used across industries, from entertainment to automobile manufacturing.