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Mastery of banal style is losing its usefulness – but language is more powerful than ever. It’s up to the writer to do what machines can’tI recently heard an exchange at a playground that should worry the executives at AI companies more than any analyst’s prediction of a bubble. A boy and a girl, maybe […]
In week five of Rhik Samadder’s diary, our resident AI skeptic decided to let AI take the lead on a date. If uncanny valley was a conversational style, it’s thisI’m single. Is it because I am emotionally avoidant, waiting on a unicorn, or under 6ft tall? Perhaps a spicy meatball of all three?Or could it
I handed over my dating life to AI. I don’t think she’ll see me again Read More »
Slumped on the pavement, she wasn’t breathing – and I wouldn’t have realised if I’d been listening to music as usual. Time to stop blotting out the world …For years I walked the streets of London wearing noise-cancelling headphones, absorbed in playlists, politics podcasts or long voice notes from friends, and a million miles away
I took off my headphones – and noticed a stranger in peril Read More »
The relationships therapist sat down with a lovestruck man and his chipmunk-voiced companion. But could the bot provide him with what he really craved?I heard celebrity therapist Esther Perel provide a couples counselling session for a man and his AI “girlfriend”. As a result, my soul will never know peace.Something very, very drastic needs to
We would like to hear from holidaymakers about their experiences of using AIMore people are turning to AI to design their holidays, whether that’s asking ChatGPT for inspiration or using AI trip planners. Almost a fifth of adults under 25 now use AI to plan breaks, according to a 2025 survey of 2,000 people by
Where traditional religion once gathered people together, digital spirituality is now consumed in isolation, mediated by tech gods with opaque agendasSign up for AI for the People, a six-week newsletter course, hereJim Pu’u didn’t set out to find God. His soul-searching began with a modest idea : to leave a record of his life in
‘I’m deathly afraid’: what is digital spirituality leading us toward? Read More »
The TikTok trend may be fading, but people of Chinese heritage wonder if an appreciation for their culture will continue after the algorithm moves onI have been Chinese my whole life. Lately, many online have also found their Chinese roots, but not through traditional ancestry tests.Creators are drinking hot water, wearing slippers around the house,
When your culture becomes a meme: the ‘jarring’ effect of Chinamaxxing Read More »
A chatbot won’t fix your family drama, but it might help you hear what someone’s really trying to saySign up for AI for the People, a six-week newsletter course, hereLast autumn, I was pacing my living room with my phone on speaker, trapped inside one of those looping conversations with my mother, the kind that
I asked AI to explain my mother to me. It translated her worldview Read More »
Our expert puts the best power washers through their paces on the toughest – and muckiest – outdoor chores, from grimy paving slabs to dirty decking• The best lawnmowers to keep your grass in checkThe trouble with the great outdoors is that it gets a bit untidy. Your garden tools might do a good job
The best pressure washers in the UK for cleaning garden furniture and patios – tested Read More »
Use AI as a brainstorming partner and organizer, but don’t outsource your judgmentSign up for AI for the people, a six-week newsletter course, hereThree years on from the release of ChatGPT, two broad camps have formed: those people who refuse to use it, and those who use it every day.A 2025 survey by the Pew
We asked experts about the most responsible ways to use AI tools – here’s what they said Read More »
