AI is devoid of meaning and humanity. That’s why its vapid voice suits this political moment (opens in new tab)

For ease and speed, we are degrading our ability to connect and to organise our societies. We must assert our trust in humans over machinesHere is a nightmare scenario for you. You are , acknowledged that sometimes the output of AI was “staggeringly wrong”, but still, errors crept in.There are others. A Commonwealth prize-winning short story became Nesrine Malik is a Guardian columnist