Welsh food: a report from 2040

What does a Wales in 2040 that can feed itself look like? I am glad to be able to present an extract from a 2042 history of agriculture in Wales: “Two of the most striking aspects of the renewed food landscape of Wales are the re-emergence of the mixed farm and the specialization of different […]

Notes on the limitations of AI

Marketing is imitation (do large, data-driven AB tests, find what works, introduce incremental change, improve. Repeat ad infinitum. Imitation of existing models combined with data analysis provides ‘solutions’ that are likely in an overwhelming majority of cases to work. Test cases for charity include: pictures of children presence of an ask freepost return envelope presence […]