[Boiler]

[...] the LLMs will further debase academic life. Practical applications will emerge, mature and become part of everyday life.

I know of someone currently working on his doctorate - he's about to do his viva. Elsewhere, he said:

It’s already being used by people in what should be serious discussion pieces and books.

I know of two academics who have had to reject two peer reviews recently and one who reviewed a book which included some of the most awful AI generated images (and descriptions actually).

AI will have its place - I think it can be useful for data if you give it the right prompts and guidelines, potentially - but for historical writing and using it for historical images - easy pass for me.

Besides which, too many people are using it to just post absolute claptrap.

I no longer use Google as a search engine so I don't see the AI summaries any more: DuckDuckGo has Duck.ai but you can turn it off.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Burnham to seek cross-party consensus over urgent reforms to social care
Prime minister invites Badenoch and Davey – but not Farage – to discuss how to fix decades-old funding crisis

Burnham was the Health Secretary the last time this fell apart, with Cameron bolting out the door shouting "Labour Death Tax". In fairness, Jez did the same when May came up with a promising suggestion. So I don't hold out much hope now. Use your majority and get it done.

[The Weeping Angel]

Badenoch has already sounded off about a death tax.

[Boiler]

Badenoch has already sounded off about a death tax.

How utterly predictable.

[AOB]

Badenoch can't be at the meeting becuase it's too short notice. Imagine her as PM. "Sorry, can that major incident that has just taken place and requires me to address the nation not be put back to a week Thursday?"

[Boiler]

That trawling of X for today's points of attack won't happen itself, you know.

[Abernathy]

Badenoch can't be at the meeting becuase it's too short notice. Imagine her as PM. "Sorry, can that major incident that has just taken place and requires me to address the nation not be put back to a week Thursday?"

It's actually no big deal. She apparently can't go because of a clash with a long planned-for minor medical procedure. That's fine, and quite normal human. But why can't she just send her deputy leader (whoever that is), or her Shadow Health & Social Care Secretary ?

[Bones McCoy]

Badenoch can't be at the meeting becuase it's too short notice. Imagine her as PM. "Sorry, can that major incident that has just taken place and requires me to address the nation not be put back to a week Thursday?"

It's actually no big deal. She apparently can't go because of a clash with a long planned-for minor medical procedure. That's fine, and quite normal human. But why can't she just send her deputy leader (whoever that is), or her Shadow Health & Social Care Secretary ?

I heard today that she's sending her Shadow Health Secretary.
If the Tories are in - great.
If not then carry on with Ed Davey.

I think this is a great example of Burnham's new approach - even if without any new policies.
* Pick a long-running difficult to resolve problem.
* Attempt to build a collegiate response.
* Hope to get something done.

As opposed to making statements and taunting each other across teh dispatch box.

[Andy McDandy]

It is strange how you can ask people what they think needs to change about politics, and they'll say things like build a more collegiate and mature environment, stop the name-calling, work together on complex problems and so on. Then show them some footage of a PMQ with the PM asking for cross-party agreement on something, and the LOTO jeering that they "can't do anything without us!", and the same person will be praising the LOTO for slapping the PM down.

[RedSparrows]

It is strange how you can ask people what they think needs to change about politics, and they'll say things like build a more collegiate and mature environment, stop the name-calling, work together on complex problems and so on. Then show them some footage of a PMQ with the PM asking for cross-party agreement on something, and the LOTO jeering that they "can't do anything without us!", and the same person will be praising the LOTO for slapping the PM down.

My uncharitable sentiment is people don't think very hard about this stuff, and don't really know what they want other than 'things to be good and peaceful', unless they've spent too much time online, in which case the first response should be a digital detox before any further action taken.

People flit between The Story (lobby journalism, drama machine, adversarial shite), the online terror maze, and everyday life and experience in which most are relatively sane and want fairly simple things.