At an 80th birthday party at the weekend, I met an academic who was evasive about his field. But I don’t want to have another conversation about AI either. Invariably, there’ll be a bit in the middle where I’ve stopped listening and started thinking about space being pointless, then wham, by the end AI will definitely cure cancer. Plainly, yes; and yet AI would be faster, being as it can read everything, all at once. Zoe Williams is a Guardian columnistDo you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article?

Source: The Guardian March 23, 2026 22:52 UTC