A rear view mirror on the week and the week's news; the new Tory policy brainwave - just get on with it; Lost Mills and Ghost Mansions; and this week's take on Artificial Intelligence. LISTEN HERE
Podcast Episode 22
My first encounter with CHATGPT
Today I experimented with ChatGTP for the first time, I presented it with six tasks / questions. These are it's responses - completely verbatim Tell me a story involving skeletons that come to life Once upon a time, in a small village nestled deep in the woods, there was a legend that spoke of a …
Democracy unpicked
In one of my first podcasts I reviewed Ian Dunt’s book How to be a Liberal. He has now written a stunning new volume entitled How Westminster Works and Why It Doesn’t. There are four things at the heart of this book which any follower of organisational theory will understand straight away and which explain …
RIP a comic genius who won’t, alas, be repeating this stunt at the coronation
The Eyecatching Words Podcast Episode 21 – April 24th 2023
The week in the rear view mirror; Surviving depression; Reflections on the death of Stephen Lawrence thirty years on; Why you can't trust this Brexit obsessed government with Artificial Intelligence; and special bonus material: A walk along the Thames. LISTEN HERE
Guns ‘n Poses
Tik Tok and the arms industry are fighting over the right to screw us all A story of our times has emerged from Norway in the last month. One of Europe's largest ammunition manufacturers Namo, which is owned by the Norwegian government, has complained that its capacity to produce more bullets is limited because it's …
A wreath for a Reith
The BBC’S self stated aim is “to enrich people’s lives with programmes and services that inform, educate and entertain”. This is fine as far as it goes but it is uninspiring.
The Eyecatching Words Podcast Episode 20 – April 17 2023
A look back at the week at home and abroad including the Essex golliwog affair and its aftermath. Plus a review of Ian Dunt’s brilliant new book How Westminster Works and Why It Doesn't; How to replace the BBC's licence fee with something more 21st Century; and the latest on AI including the fake TV …
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The Body in Question
If someone offered you the opportunity to opt out of the human race for a year, and subsequently have enough money that you would never have to work again, would you take it? I recently came across something I had not heard of before which is Moravec’s paradox – the notion that for robots, the …
Spring
Pagan plagiarism and the season of sex Spring is my favourite time of year. This year the Christian festival of Easter, the Jewish festival of Passover and the Islamic festival of Ramadam are in unusually close proximity. But these are all upstart religions; at heart Spring is pagan and associated with the change in seasons …
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