Want to Sign With a Hollywood Agent? Start Making Fun of AI

“Hi there!” says an AI avatar of a clean-cut man dressed casually in a denim shirt, with a mostly empty bookcase in the background. “I’m Clark from Marlow & Finch. To get us started, why don’t you tell me a bit about yourself?”

The real human on the other end of the call—Graham Raabe, in glasses and ball cap—is more than ready to dive in. “Happy to, and happy to be here,” he tells his AI job interviewer. “I’m Chick Bongo. I’ve spent about 10 years in sales. Really good at managing badger margin, spent quite a bit of time with sprocket moss, particularly proud of my goosebuckle.”