AI will steal my writing, loot my reportage, rob my intellectual property and embezzle books which took years to write. But it will never know what it was like to be there. It will always be faking it.
My latest in defense of human journalism.

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History Never Ended Substack. Author The Forever War: America’s Unending Conflict with Itself. Host ABC Saturday Extra. Former BBC US correspondent
AI will steal my writing, loot my reportage, rob my intellectual property and embezzle books which took years to write. But it will never know what it was like to be there. It will always be faking it.
My latest in defense of human journalism.
AI policy paralysis at a time of AI panic - will September 2026 enter the history books as the month we should have taken action but missed an opportunity we will come to regret? My latest:
Weekend reading: Trump's stalled presidency, with an update on the 'G2" summit in Washington with Xi. Free to all.
Trump’s stalled presidency - more proof of which came in his speech at the United Nations. My latest.
Kevin Rudd’s warning on AI - @MrKRudd very good on the urgent need for regulation and what’s happening on the regulatory front in Washington and Beijing. My extended interview with him on Saturday Extra.
Kevin Rudd’s warning on AI - @MrKRudd very good on the urgent need for regulation and what’s happening on the regulatory front in Washington and Beijing. My extended interview with him on Saturday Extra.
Trust me I’m a very stable genius.
Trump’s tribalism and politicization of AI makes a scary moment even scarier.
My latest. Free to all.
Trust me I’m a very stable genius isn’t going to cut when it comes to AI, nor the tired greatest hits playlists of hoaxes, conspiracies and “radical left Dumocrats.” My latest of The Perfect Apocalypse.
It’s a chilling thought. The lawmakers on Capitol Hill who refuse to regulate guns after decades of mass shootings are the same lawmakers overseeing the rapid and dangerous advances in AI.
Trust me I’m a very stable genius isn’t going to cut when it comes to AI, nor the tired greatest hits playlists of hoaxes, conspiracies and “radical left Dumocrats.” My latest of The Perfect Apocalypse.
“The only control or “guardrails’ that AI needs is a STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) President, and the U.S.A. has that, in spades!” says Trump. Confessedly, I've never found his "very stable genius" claims to be plausible. In fact, they underscore the argument of this piece.....
The doomsday scenarios about A.I. could hardly come at a worse time, a concurrence of worrying and alarming factors that make it “The Perfect Apocalypse.” My latest.
Some moments in history are of such immense scale, and so mentally scrambling, that even the most gifted of wordsmiths struggle to reach for apposite words. So it was in the immediate aftermath of the attacks of 9/11. My essay on the literary response:
How American unity was squandered after the attacks of 9/11, as the country went from September 11th to January 6th.
My latest at History Never Ended. Free to all.
This morning I had a great conversation with ABC Saturday Extra host Nick Bryant. We talked about Russia's hybrid campaign in Europe and my book WE SHALL OUTLAST THEM - soon available in Australia!
Listen here: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
My conversation with author, thinker and great Australia explainer, George Megalogenis on his new book, Three Shocks: Who We Are Becoming in the 21st century.
My conversation with author, thinker and great Australia explainer, George Megalogenis on his new book, Three Shocks: Who We Are Becoming in the 21st century.
The challenge of putting 911 into words - the literary response to such an epic moment in history.
My latest at History Never Ended. Free to all:
The challenge of putting 911 into words - the literary response to such an epic moment in history.
My latest at History Never Ended. Free to all: