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All GP surgeries in England are already using AI. This is government mandated. There have been plenty of fuck ups already which the humans have to apologise for. I work with this every day in general practice. It's not all bad. The staff are more...

Medical researchers are testing programs and if the test results can be trusted... AI takes the symptoms and test results and matches it with a diagnosis far more accurately than local GPs. And especially interesting for women it doesnt follow...

Globe Pequot Adds Another Publisher Globe Pequot Publishing Group acquired nearly all titles from Tucson‑based Rio Nuevo Publishers, known for books on Southwestern arts, crafts, cooking, history and architecture. The purchase, which includes a...

And, I think, there’s a bit of blurring the boundaries between Machine Learning (ML) and Large language Models (LLMs). Machine Learning has been with us for a while now and can be useful in specific circumstances (I’m thinking about diagnoses...

Techno-feudalism. The original serfs only got a break thanks to plague. But that was when the feudal barons were still in situ and needed people to herd the livestock and till the land. Plumbers, joiner, fitters, multi disciplinary skills, short...

Well exactly. But a peek into some of the disturbing notions now being openly discussed by the technocracy does suggest that PJ is right: their “democracy is dead” meme will easily morph into the new feudalism. Young people are increasingly...

or pay taxes...

The cake is a lie.

Today's Book News Wednesday, 12th November, 2025 New and Forthcoming Academic Religion Books Publishers preview forthcoming academic religion titles ahead of the American Academy of Religion and Society of Biblical Literature meeting...

Delighted to give everyone a sneak peak into a recent Huddle... What makes Gone With the Wind so emotionally powerful — even when it evokes longing for a world we’d never want to return to? In this week’s Huddle, I was pleased to lead a...

Today's Book News Tuesday, 11th November, 2025 Beach Reads: PW Talks with Chad Leonard An interview with Vero Beach Book Center owner Chad Leonard where he discusses taking over his family’s bookstore, the importance of loyal staff and...

Seems like the SOA would be onto this. It;s one reason I think audiobooks should be on the same platforms as independent music. Maybe, Your constellation should include gaming and music, because readers will have similar tastes

I agree! But… this is a strategy by stealth, which has to raise serious suspicions. And I have zero – absolutely zilch – idea of how society would look post-AGI. Does anyone, in fact? The most obvious issue being, what do we do with the...

The one benefit that I could see, IF accurate, are the reports that AI can diagnose patient symptoms faster and with less failure than human doctors. I mean it doesnt have to check notes it made in med school 25 years ago so... If the unequal...

Today's Book News Saturday, 8th November, 2025 University Presses Continue Their Missions University presses remain committed to their missions despite financial pressures and political headwinds. Leaders said they are navigating funding cuts...