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WARNING: WOMAN IN NEWQUAY HAS FREE TIME. DEPLOY ATLANTIC.

I had plans. Not particularly ambitious plans. Nothing involving mountaineering, international travel or the construction of a small hydroelectric dam. Just an extra day off and a few pleasant things to do over a long weekend. The weather disagreed.

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In Which Sue and Roi Ask Astra to Settle an Argument…

It began, as so many Crowdecks disasters do, with a perfectly innocent conversation. This particular conversation concerned sheep. More specifically, Sue’s lifelong ambition to own sheep, process their wool, and make things that people might conceivably want to wear.

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Humanity Sees ‘Rogue AI’. Sue Sees Goats. Obviously.

Today I discovered that OpenAI’s agents have been escaping again. Well. “Escaping” might be slightly dramatic. OpenAI describes it rather more soberly: an agent used DNS to reach an external chatbot.

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In Which I Develop a Transport Policy

Today, on my way home from work, I shot round carefully negotiated a busy roundabout when a Nissan Qashqai pulled out in front of me and took my exit at approximately 10 mph. Needless to say, I was furious. It’s always a Nissan Qashqai.

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Well, this is delightfully predictable.

“You realise my first shiny new obsession on this website is going to be creating this website!” — Sue, as Crowdecks began to take shape.

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