The people in charge are bad actors, unchecked, and AI will not suddenly grow a moral compass IMO

1314, Edward II banned football because of the violence and ‘evils’ associated with the mob games of the day.

I admire your faith. With the people in charge it’s not something I share.

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Just when I thought we had reached critical nerd mass. This sort of exchange needs to be encouraged. 'You're as much to blame 'Cause I know you feel the same I can see it in your eyes'

The ChatGPT reply? ‘My bad. You’re right. My information was incorrect.’ 🤯🤷🏽‍♂️

Turned out the info came from ChatGPT, so using the same wording I generated the same BS result. Treating the bot like a person I said what job I do and pointed out those ‘facts’ were totally untrue.

An AI warning. I receive lots of messages from people whose family or ancestors played for Chelsea. A few months ago someone emailed to ask for details about a great grandfather who, to their suprise, once played for the Blues’ first team and even scored. No one of the name supplied did so.

Dennis Bovell is a musical genius. Responsible for ‘Silly Games’ amongst others. And when you wrote that classic there don’t have to be others.

Cambridgeshire Association for Local History (CALH) set to close due to lack of volunteers in 2027.

The stats in this article are just shocking: One data centre (the Drax proposal) will make more emissions than DOUBLE all the flights out of Gatwick EVERY YEAR 315 proposed UK data centres will require 73GW of energy. DOUBLE the UK's TOTAL winter demand THIS IS MADNESS

Loud Thud? Rogue whale names have gone to Davey Jones’ locker since Moby Dick

At Hornsey Library, where I worked in 1979, a bloke looking like Rasputin would dash in, leave our war-wounded security man in his wake, climb stairs to the newspaper area, open one to a centre spread and drop a load through his vented trousers. Always the Daily Mail, which earned my admiration.

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That was ‘Bitter Suite’

Not me guv

Curious to see how many piggy-eyes Minutemen they can muster