Shane Kirk's blogs

[Andy]

AI isn't always so good.

Apple's version (Apple Intelligence) distributed several newsflashes recently, one saying Rafael Nadal was Brazilian and had come out as gay (neither is correct) and said that BBC News had published an article claiming Luigi Mangione, the man accused of the murder of healthcare insurance CEO Brian Thompson in New York, had shot himself. He hasn't.  It also announced today that Luke Littler had won the PDC World Championship hours before he had played in the final.

[StephenB]

Thanks Shane, I really do worry for today's youth, brought up on a world of fiction and algorithm-driven "choices", yet often firmly believing they have an infinite store of knowledge to guide their lives. God be with the days when AI was nothing more sinister than artificial insemination.  Creepy times ahead....

[PaulT]

Thanks Shane, I really do worry for today's youth, brought up on a world of fiction and algorithm-driven "choices", yet often firmly believing they have an infinite store of knowledge to guide their lives. God be with the days when AI was nothing more sinister than artificial insemination.  Creepy times ahead....

I wonder sometimes whether Artificial Indoctrination might be apposite

[Shane (Skirky)]

More from my corner of the world of folk n' roll. https://skirky.blogspot.com/2025/03/thats-seventy-in-dog-years.html

[Shane (Skirky)]

Brief and to the point. https://skirky.blogspot.com/2025/05/result-catch-hooked.html

https://bluehouserecords.bandcamp.com/track/where-are-they-now

[davidmjs]

Brief and to the point. https://skirky.blogspot.com/2025/05/result-catch-hooked.html

https://bluehouserecords.bandcamp.com/track/where-are-they-now

Excellent song

[Shane (Skirky)]

Brief and to the point. https://skirky.blogspot.com/2025/05/result-catch-hooked.html

https://bluehouserecords.bandcamp.com/track/where-are-they-now

Excellent song

Thank you David.

[Shane (Skirky)]

We have been out. Out out. https://skirky.blogspot.com/2025/05/tonights-night.html

[Shane (Skirky)]

I have wrangled at a festival. I won't lie to you "Is there anywhere my friend can charge his bionic arm?" was not on my list of things I expected to be asked. https://skirky.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-one-with-wasp-sting.html

[Shane (Skirky)]

This just in; https://skirky.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-maverick-diaries.html

[Shane (Skirky)]

A gastroenterologist in San Francisco, Dr Saurabh Sethi, has claimed that scrolling on your phone in the lavatory increases the amount of time you spend on the toilet. This leads to “increased strain on your rectum and anus”, which can lead to piles, anal fissures and even rectal prolapse. And no-one needs that on their return to work interview notes. With this in mind I - in my role as an influencer and writer of concise, pithy chapters of reminiscence - have decided to spearhead the revival of The Toilet Book. In writing about the Maverick Festival I wanted to capture the sights, the sounds... the smells of a hard-working festival crew. And I got that; I got more... a lot more. But enough of my subtly crafted promotional spiel. Whaddya say? Let’s read… https://www.lulu.com/shop/shane-kirk/the-maverick-diaries/paperback/product-nv9yddj.html?page=1&pageSize=4

[Shane (Skirky)]

Do I know any bloggers, blaggers, hacks or influencers here who would like to exchange an electric copy of my extraordinarily readable tome for positive publicity? Or, of course the sort of excoriating review that I can post for comic effect.