How would you like tips directly from Agatha Christie?

[MsAmerica]

Agatha Christie, Who Died in 1976, Will See You in Class
Agatha Christie is dead. But Agatha Christie also just started teaching a writing class.
“I must confess,” she says, in a cut-glass English accent, “that this is all rather new to me.”

The literary legend, who died in 1976, has been tapped to teach a course with BBC Maestro, an online lecture series similar to Master Class. Christie, alongside dozens of other experts, is there for any aspiring writer with 79 pounds (about $105) to spare.

She has been reanimated with the help of a team of academic researchers — who wrote a script using her writings and archival interviews — and a “digital prosthetic” made with artificial intelligence and then fitted over a real actor’s performance.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/world/europe/agatha-christie-ai-class-bbc.html

No thanks. She’s going to tell me not to include a vital clue until the last three pages.

And there’s from the creepiness of the whole thing.

Exactly. I find the article both amusing and creepy.

AI at its worst. Just pay a living author for their tips. And while I’m at it, if I wanted advice from a bunch of academic advisors I’d ask for it, ta.