Artificial Intelligence
AI is a terrible poet
It has no sense for true meaning and beauty in language
Robot recipes
Against cooking by algorithm
Tragedy, comedy and an Italian parable
Three great novels capture a moment of change for society
An intelligent book on AI? Very nearly
The threat from AI comes from humans placing too much faith in complex but fallible systems
Imaginary friends
The idea of a synthetic companion that knows everything about you goes well beyond friendship
Amicus curAI?
The implementation of AI into the judicial process must be handled with care
Britain must not overregulate AI
Staying competitive in the modern world depends on balancing its opportunities and its risks
Artificially Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material is not a victimless crime
The often-raised theory that AI-CSAM is harmless or can even make children safer, must be quashed
AI and the great data robbery
Silicon Valley has stolen huge amounts of original material in order to “train” its GPT models
Putting a gloss on big ideas
On the outsize influence of small magazines
Getting the measure of the Russian bear
A defensive concern under the right conditions can morph into a warrant for brutal expansionism
Will judges protect free speech for Christians?
A new case will determine whether expressing normal Christian beliefs precludes employment
Getting the creeps
How should we cope with the unsettling in everyday life?
“Nice” people need to read this book
How women have been hounded throughout the gender wars
After Covid
English towns have a long road to economic recovery
Join the escalation?
That world war may not erupt imminently is no excuse for being complacent
Kemi Badenoch won’t save the Conservatives
Her radical credentials are based on pure PR
Why can’t there be more vampires?
Bloodsucking, in various more or less metaphorical guises, is after all opera’s happiest place
An orderly and civilised society
The biggest missing idea in British politics
Eric Fogey
Dr Fogey genuinely does believe that virtually every enlightened measure of the past 200 years was a mistake
Who are the Scottish Conservatives?
The election of Russell Findlay to lead the Scottish Conservatives reveals a party that doesn’t know what it stands for
