I can't quite tell if this is parody or not. Chalk talk is outdated, yes, but surely someone can talk about their scientific approach and their proposed area of study just off the top of their heads?
Yeah, this particular article is clearly something that belongs in the Onion. But on the other hand I recall an article where a professor was freaking out because OpenAI deleted his ChatGPT logs and thus all of his work over the last few years.
But, I've talked to people that think this way with zero humor.