Why aren’t there more identical bags at the airport? I asked AI to explain.Here’s a little experiment to compare AI services.Nov 3Nov 3
‘Tell me what to do’: University staff grapple with AI policyIf there’s one thing academics don’t like, it’s looking out of touch. When it comes to AI, there’s an urgency to understanding what it can…Jun 9, 2023Jun 9, 2023
AI: Another blow to human self-esteem?For centuries, human beings have been learning that they are less and less important. Galileo insisted, to his cost, that the earth was in…Jun 6, 2023Jun 6, 2023
How to transfer notes and highlights from scanned books into a Word document or Excel spreadsheet…The problemDec 23, 2020Dec 23, 2020
London has the plague againThe graph for deaths during the Great Plague of 1665 is instantly recognisable. In 2020, the numbers are larger and Coronavirus is hitting…Apr 2, 2020Apr 2, 2020
How the dot com boom opened entrepreneurship to allExactly 20 years ago, the dot com boom was at its height. The high tech NASDAQ index hit a historic high point on March 10 2000. Then the…Mar 10, 2020Mar 10, 2020
Just the start of his long StruggleA review of A Death in the Family, the first volume of Karl Ove Knausgaard’s series, My Struggle.May 8, 2019May 8, 2019
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