More Charlemagnean and Roman than Byzantine, and the early Papacy always was terribly hypocritical about its own labyrinthine and corrupt bureaucracy compared to Byzantium. (View Post)

The government has said today that negotiation won't be continued after December 31, so that would leave a delayed no-deal, with no further negotiations but with further time to 'adjust… (View Post)

Commercial imperatives and hype, of the type which is driving the wider AI movement more broadly. AI has proved its usefulness in certain specific areas, but it's still characterised by a fairly… (View Post)

The fact that figures like John Redwood and Peter Bone are looking so cheerful, and so loudly proclaiming their confidence in Johnson, as Peter "Cushing" Bone was on Channel 4 News last nig… (View Post)

These advances are very specific. They don't require integrating the knowledge of Siri with running a household or driving a car many hundreds of miles, to help answer her questions or perform t… (View Post)