OH AI DO LIKE TO BE BESIDE THE SEASIDE

Blackpool gears up to thwart robot takeover. “Bring it on!” says Lord Mayor

MANY people fear the inevitable rise of Artificial Intelligence, and are apprehensive about a future when all the decisions we usually take are taken in our stead by banks of emotionless, electronic automatons. But the Lord Mayor of one Lancashire seaside resort thinks such a nightmare science fiction scenario is far from inevitable, and that a little preparation will see his town repel any invasion by self-aware machines. “If these robots think they can march into the jewel of the Lancashire coast and start running the show, they’ve got another think coming,” said Alderman Eric Tonks, who for the past two decades has been the Mayor of the resort, famous for its Golden Mile and bonsai Eiffel Tower. “This is Blackpool, not Bl-ai-ckpool,” he said tortuously. “We human beings of…

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Viz (Digital) - 1 Issue, August 2023

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