Play well

Do you have the opportunity to put Lego together? It seems wrong to write do you play with Lego as the modern kits are quite amazing and there is such a huge variety.

It has certainly changed from the early days when the emphasis seemed to be on creating miniature houses and similar. The variety of colours shapes and kits is staggering. Whilst the kits are fantastic, the pick'n'mix in a Lego shop is fun in itself. I saw a young couple ardently putting pieces together before putting them in the box, thereby maximising the number of pieces. They were there a long while.

Hey aye

 Have you got your head around AI yet? It does seem to be everywhere. Can we be sure what we see or read or hear is real or computer generated.

I started listening to an audio book but it was immediately obvious that it was not a real person reading it, though the voice may have been synthesised from a real voice. What gave it away was the phrasing. I persisted for a few minutes to see if it would improve but it didn't and was very irritating and unnatural.

If you haven't seen Count Arthur Strong - Doctor Two, please look for it and the part where he delivers his lines in Doctor Who - "it's outside my..." and you will get an understanding of the AI phrasing of the story.

But who knows where AI will get to? Does AI know?