At the Bicentennial Commencement, Emily Warren Roebling was awarded the first posthumous honorary doctorate in Rensselaer's history, with actor Liz Wisan portraying her in the ceremony and at Colloquy and delivering remarks that were generated by an AI trained on her writings and historical archives. Every Day Matters asked Jim Hendler, who led the team's generative AI work, how RPI's AI research helped bridge the 19th and 21st centuries and how it adds to our understanding of generative AI.