Jenny Eclair says she ‘can’t compete’ with ‘terrible’ AI Parkinson podcast Comedian Jenny Eclair has described a new artificial intelligence (AI) podcast using Sir Michael Parkinson’s voice as “a terrible idea”, adding she “can’t compete” with the late chat show presenter.
Speaking about the podcast on ITV’s Good Morning Britain, Eclair, 64, said: “I’m furious, because there are living people like me who’ve still got mortgages, I’ve just actually mostly got rid of mine.
The new podcast, named Virtually Parkinson, uses a computerised version of the Parkinson presenter’s voice to interview a number of real-life guests.
“I’ve got a podcast and I don’t think I can compete with Michael Parkinson, even when he’s not living and breathing.”.
“This is a terrible, terrible idea, we’re all fighting over the same space you know, the podcasts and the telly, and everybody’s desperately trying to say ‘me over here, please listen to my stuff’.
