‘A lump of metal? Fascinating’: I get interviewed by the AI Michael Parkinson

Ask anyone who regularly interviews people and they’ll tell you that few things are stranger than when the tables turn and you’re the one being interviewed. This is especially true when the person interviewing you has been dead for a year and a half. But here we are. Virtually Parkinson is a new podcast in which celebrities are interviewed by an AI model trained to speak and act like the late Michael Parkinson. The announcement of the podcast last year prompted a flurry of vaguely…