I Interviewed an AI Version of GitHub’s COO—Then Spoke to the Real One (opens in new tab)

by Mike Taylorin I’ve attended many tech conferences as a participant and a speaker, but this year’s Microsoft Build, the company’s flagship developer event, was my first as a member of the press. To quell the imposter syndrome, I tried an experiment before I sat down with GitHub chief operating officer Kyle Daigle, a true GitHub veteran who joined the company as a developer 13 years ago. I built a simulated version of Kyle—an AI persona distilled from his public writing, talks, and interview...