A beautifully written case for why physical textbooks are so much better for learning than the online distractions that have replaced them.
From Sophie Winkleman and @drdavidajamesspectator.com/article/textbo…
I think that if you’re going to write a piece in the Times urging the government to use and boost more AI, the fact that you are paid by a major AI company should be in the first sentence, or at least first paragraph.
I also think that the best scenario for AI is that it destroys millions of jobs with the prosperity, dignity and community that goes with them.
The worst scenario is the destruction of the human race - a fear openly expressed by an increasing number of senior and experienced AI engineers who are leaving the industry.
And somewhere in between a myriad of horrors such as yet more screen learning and screen addiction for our children.
But I do see that it will make rich men even richer. And that’s the most important thing of course.
‘It’s insanity. It’s so frenetic. It’s so flimsy. They’re on a machine, which they already equate with leisure… we’re already setting them up to fail.’
On this week’s Planet Normal Sophie Winkleman explains to @LiamHalligan and @AllisonPearson about her deep frustration at the amount of time children spend on screens in schools and the damaging impact it is having on their health.
🎧👉telegraph.co.uk/planet-norma…