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AI Stan Lee Avatar Debuts at L.A. Comic Con With Ticketed Fan Chats

Organizers say the AI draws only from Lee’s recorded words under strict guardrails.

Overview

  • The activation uses Proto’s display and Hyperreal’s AI to deliver a large-language-model avatar rather than a true hologram.
  • The system was trained on Lee’s public interviews, convention appearances and his Stan’s Soapbox columns to answer questions in an enclosed booth on the show floor.
  • Developers say guardrails confine responses to Lee’s documented statements and filter out off-topic areas such as politics or sports.
  • Tickets are priced at $15 plus service fees through the L.A. Comic Con website.
  • Proto executives promote broader applications for the platform, including classrooms, museums and HIPAA-compliant telemedicine.