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Artificial intelligence as artifice
More job applications won't create more jobs
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A grim prognosis for doctors, psychologists and their patients.
Back in May, when I published my short book AI and the redundant human, I included a section on the impact of artificial intelligence on medicine.
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What does PhD-level intelligence even mean?
One of the benchmarks beloved of tech bros for their large language models is what they describe as ‘PhD-level intelligence’.
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Unknowing bunnies, artificial MPs and dodgy Airbnbs
It seems that Oliver Richman (olivesongs11 on TikTok) has managed to capture the Zeitgeist recently with his song about AI-generated rabbits jumping on…
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July 2025

Could TP be the next AI?
An interesting thought experiment with regard to AI is to substitute it with some alternative, hypothetical technology.
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Never mind the downside. We're on the road to superintelligence!
In the popular imagination, new technology has always inspired awe, with all the associations that word carries in terms of both fear and wonder.
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Hands together, eyes closed: it's time to prompt ChatGPT
I realise I’m not the first person to draw parallels between people’s obsession with AI and the world of religion.
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Today's gain spells tomorrow's pain
I guess we’ve all liked to take shortcuts in our time.
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With AI, the kneebone's connected to the thighbone...
A couple of articles from The Guardian in London in the past day or so have signalled concerns about the role AI may already be playing in the job…
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Star Trek or Mad Max? We won't have to wait long to find out...
Futurist Dr Adam Dorr issued a stark warning to The Guardian recently.
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AI: the whirling vortex that sucks us all in
I’ve written already about the madness of school work produced by AI being marked by AI. The student pretends that they know something, while the…
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Is it sundown for aspiring musicians?
The Velvet Sundown - a non-existent ‘band’ releasing AI music and amassing 750,000 monthly listeners on Spotify - will probably not enter the industry…
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