30s take – looks like it is aimed at managers within large companies. If you want to use AI, just do it. A non-techie friend spends £10 a month on (probably) ChatGPT. Several PBers use AI including @… (View Post)

Here is a gift link to bypass the paywall:- Sean Thomas The author, the algorithm and the end of literary struggle AI-generated texts flooding Amazon should scare anyone who cares about the written w… (View Post)

The pronoun pattern hidden in Andy Burnham's first PM speech Andy Burnham just delivered his first speech as Prime Minister. There is one pattern hidden in it. Once you see it, you cannot unsee … (View Post)

Also, I think their thesis about Starmer's majority being due to the implosion of the Conservatives as much as Starmer's changes to Labour, misses the point it is the NOTA parties that dire… (View Post)

And the books problem – if I might be permitted a small rant on education in ydoethur's absence – is made worse by, aiui, school English courses increasingly dealing with fragments of texts; and… (View Post)