Andy Gilpin

Great work Jim. Very well done

The good news, of a sort, is that AI will likely never get so smart that it meaningfully, or even efficiently, replaces human labour, much less art or science, or human connection. The pathway toward AI being a “reliable, profitable and scalable” replacement for human beings is very narrow, and that path vanishes to micron-width once, say, the global economy shutters tens of millions of jobs while quadrupling the price of every component necessary for AI companies to keep making the tiny, marginal gains it needs merely to maintain its current level of cataclysmic unprofitability. The bad news is that this means very little when a $700bn hype machine is currently telling every CEO on earth that their magical spellcheck technology means that they should sack tens of millions of employees while raising the price of every microchip on the planet. A hype machine staffed by avaricious tech companies and the sensible former politicians they employ. A hype machine giddily swallowed by governments and companies and journalists as they present themselves to Silicon Valley’s wallet inspectors, time and time again.

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Far too much fun, this.

Hahaha ffs this is why Scottish Championship is top Friday viewing

One day there will be a reckoning for how Arsenal Football Club dealt with this case. And I’m afraid that includes the manager

<staff kitchen>

NAZGUL #1: I just...
NAZGUL: #2: What?
N#1: Like... Seriously? We're hunting HOBBITS now?
N#2: I mean okay but clue was in the name
N#1: True, but still
WITCH KING <entering>: Hey
N#1: Hey
N#2: Hey

<Witch King leaves with coffee>

N#1: Maybe we should have said something
N#2: Maybe

You can answer questions on their instincts most clearly by tracing the fate of the two child benefit cap: They knew it was driving children into poverty; they resisted scrapping it because it polled well; they were forced to backtrack by own MPs; they now claim it as a central plank of the agenda.

arguably the biggest news of the week that Lisa Nandy is currently doing something related to her brief

If it ever seems like GenX and elder Millennials are obnoxiously loud about queerphobia and, specifically, trans rights, you have to remember we grew up in a society saturated by homophobia and decided "never again". This shame and hatred must not simply be redirected. It must end with us.

That’s a lovely deep cut

On top of all the obvious reasons the membership would never go for him, he’s very unlikely to hold his seat next time