David Astle
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 30
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- Sep 25, 2026
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- Jul 25, 2026
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Language in the age of AI: Whimsymaxxing the apocalypse (opens the original)
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Cake pop is half-cake, half-lollipop. Picture a skewered Malteser, the treat a novelty on the language radar. Around September, dictionaries like America’s Merriam-Webster get a glow-up (another newbie) by looksmaxxing (a third) their database, adding some new 1400 words. Food overall has been restless, the menu extended by chilli crisp, bao bun and a Japanese pepper called shishito. Far less tasty is promposal, a date you take to your year 12 dance. Though copium is handier, a hybrid of cope an
Language in the age of AI: Whimsymaxxing the apocalypse (opens the original)
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Cake pop is half-cake, half-lollipop. Picture a skewered Malteser, the treat a novelty on the language radar. Around September, dictionaries like America’s Merriam-Webster get a glow-up (another newbie) by looksmaxxing (a third) their database, adding some new 1400 words. Food overall has been restless, the menu extended by chilli crisp, bao bun and a Japanese pepper called shishito. Far less tasty is promposal, a date you take to your year 12 dance. Though copium is handier, a hybrid of cope an
Don’t believe the bot: When AI confidently gets things wrong (opens the original)
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You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Care for a drop of Sahara Silk? Or maybe a splash of Oasis White? Each name is a would-be brand for camel milk, put forward by Google AI Overview. Not bad for a lactose-intolerant chatbot. The exercise arose from my talk with Paul Martin, the founder of Summer Land Camels, who’s selling his milk to the world, presuming he can pick the right label. Though at this stage, with sales going well, Camel
Don’t believe the bot: When AI confidently gets things wrong (opens the original)
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You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Care for a drop of Sahara Silk? Or maybe a splash of Oasis White? Each name is a would-be brand for camel milk, put forward by Google AI Overview. Not bad for a lactose-intolerant chatbot. The exercise arose from my talk with Paul Martin, the founder of Summer Land Camels, who’s selling his milk to the world, presuming he can pick the right label. Though at this stage, with sales going well, Camel
Don’t believe the bot: When AI confidently gets things wrong (opens the original)
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You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Care for a drop of Sahara Silk? Or maybe a splash of Oasis White? Each name is a would-be brand for camel milk, put forward by Google AI Overview. Not bad for a lactose-intolerant chatbot. The exercise arose from my talk with Paul Martin, the founder of Summer Land Camels, who’s selling his milk to the world, presuming he can pick the right label. Though at this stage, with sales going well, Camel
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