ARE you infuriated by those ridiculous requests for feedback you get after you’ve bought something online or used some service? I certainly am. They’re probably generated by AI, but I can’t help sticking a spanner in their algorithms by replying to them. Here are a few of my latest exchanges . . . 1. Hi there, […]
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THE other day I came across an ad from a new company that has developed an artificial intelligence solution which sends out and responds to emails and messages, posing as a human sales representative. The company seems to be getting off to a good start and there is a lot of interest in the service. […]
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Believe it or not, I am not a surfer. That is John’s gig. I represent the old, fat, and balding demographic, not the spry, athletic, and manly-man types in our audience. Still, I feel perfectly competent to judge a situation like this one, in which an iconic Australian surfing brand drops a female athlete for […]
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I’m old enough to remember the outcry over Elvis. The appearance of the hip-swivelling singer was for some a harbinger of the downfall of society. We saw the same reaction to the emergence of Beatlemania. I can remember Mary Whitehouse and her opposition to the cultural revolution of the 60s which swept the West. And […]
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