AI generates a podcast reviewing my article " Heroic Kings and Unruly Generals: The "Copenhagen" Continuation of Prosper Reconsidered. Florilegium, 6 (1984) , 50–70.

Yesterday an unexpected item showed up in my mailbox: a podcast, based on my 1984 article analyzing an Italian chronicle which preserves unique material from the 5th, 6th, and 7th centuries. (The chromicle's connection to Denmark is only the fact that the Danes own it.)

I don't quite know what to think of this. The first notification I got told me that "Our AI generated a professional podcast of your paper."I'm not sure what that means. Certainly a human being working for Academia.edu was involved -- his discussion was quite good. Today I got a comic interpretation of the material and a slide show. These seem to me less useful.

On one hand it's a compliment that a rather old paper of mine should be picked for this treatment, though it is a very useful paper in my not so humble opinion. But Academia.edu seems to expect me to pay and sign up. For what exactly?

Comments welcome.