The Daily Telegraph and the death of English Conservatism

In case you hadn’t noticed, The Telegraph has gone bonkers. Completely batshit. Once, it was the grown-up voice of British Conservatism — stiff upper lip, officer class, snobbish but sensible. Now it prints provably false nonsense in a tone of shrieking hysteria designed to farm clicks, likes, and shares. In the last year alone, The … Read more

AI, Journalism, and Manipulation

AI, Journalism, and Manipulation For the past few months, I’ve been using AI to sub-edit my blogs. I’ve never hidden the fact that I’m experimenting with AI. But a few weeks ago, while writing a blog on Elon Musk, I noticed something odd—the AI had added an extra paragraph that I hadn’t written. I’ve also … Read more