Don’t be fooled. The AI that was supposed to save us time is doing just the opposite | Gaby Hinsliffhttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/20/ai-supposed-to-save-time-opposite-government-uk
The government says it can transform the state with AI, but it is no match for the resulting stream of machine-generated slop. And we all pay the cost Another morning, another avalanche of emails. Even after a guilty cull, my inbox is sitting at well over 7,000, but lately I’ve started subscribing to the Quentin Crisp theory of housework: why bother, when after four years or so you stop noticing the accumulating dust? Empty inboxes just fill up again anyway. In theory, email was supposed to save hours of meetings, phone calls and standing over photocopiers. Instead, we just spend hours dele…
