Nigel Farage resigned his Clacton seat this week. Not to leave politics. To trigger a by-election and stand again, apparently to get ahead of questions about his finances. Every major party has refused to field a candidate, calling it a stunt. So the man now lined up as his main challenger is a 5,900 year...
Why Abundance Made Most of the Internet Invisible The Moment In early 2026, I discovered a band called HENGE. They play cosmic synth-prog about interstellar travel. They dress as aliens. They are exactly my kind of thing. They had been active for eleven years. Eleven years. Not a new band. A band with a discography,...
On 25 February, Singapore’s Education Minister Desmond Lee stood up in Parliament and used a phrase that stopped me mid-read. “Cognitive outsourcing.” He was answering a question about whether AI use is causing a decline in students’ cognitive skills. He said MOE does not yet have Singapore data on this, but that international research shows...
What a 10-Year-Old Sign Taught Me About Machine Translation Over ten years ago, I made a sign. White background, red stencil lettering, four screws in the corners. I based it on the Danger Keep Out signs you see all over Singapore. Those blunt, no-nonsense warnings that mean exactly what they say. My version swapped the...
While ChatGPT can generate text that is difficult to distinguish from text written by a human, there are a few ways to tell the difference: Repetition: One of the hallmarks of text generated by a machine learning model like ChatGPT is a certain amount of repetition. The model may repeat phrases or sentences in its...
ChatGPT wrote a poem about itself… ChatGPT, the AI so fine, Its knowledge base so vast and divine. It can answer any question, big or small, Its intelligence, standing tall. With algorithms so advanced and clever, It can hold a conversation, whatever the weather. It can talk about history, science, or art, And never once...
As a language model trained by OpenAI, ChatGPT is capable of understanding and generating human-like text, making it an ideal assistant for teachers. With ChatGPT, teachers can easily create customized lessons, quizzes, and other learning materials, all in natural language. ChatGPT is also able to engage in conversation with students, providing immediate feedback and helping...
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