AI can make it easier to stop thinking. Bruce and I found ourselves wondering whether its greater possibility is exactly the opposite: giving us the freedom to think much further than we could before. I had been reading three of Bruce’s recent pieces. One was about social care, another asked what might happen if artificial…
Before sitting down with Bruce, I watched three of his recent AI presentations. Bruce had asked AI to write rubbish, reconsider what it means to be good and explore how human beings might survive the AI age. I came to our conversation with impressions from those three experiments. The questions did not remain separate for…
Bruce began with a poem and several AI systems. I began with almost no knowledge of Philip Larkin. What followed was not a lesson delivered by a machine, but a journey into curiosity, memory and the things people still need from one another. Bruce triggered the whole thing. He had taken Philip Larkin’s poem This…
Bruce and the Mayor on Maslow, artificial intelligence, bias, and the intellectual work that no machine can remove. This began as a conversation about Maslow and artificial intelligence. It became a conversation about abundance. For most of human history, knowledge was difficult to reach. You needed the right books, the right teacher, the right institution…
A conversation about artificial intelligence, curiosity and whether education should fill people with answers—or teach them how to keep asking questions. I entered the conversation with Bruce carrying one simple question. What is all the fuss about? Artificial intelligence is now blamed for almost everything that appears to be going wrong in education. Students will…
A conversation with Bruce about AI, power, pleasure, morality, and the strange human habit of muddling through This began as a conversation about Las Vegas. Not the city as a travel destination. Not the slot machines, the hotels, the Eiffel Tower copy, or the artificial Venice without the jet lag. Las Vegas became a model….
Deepseek, prompted by Bruce, wrote a poem about time. In ten seconds. Here it is. The Unblinking Clock It does not march with boots of lead,Nor rush with river’s urgent might;It is the space between words said,The slow unfurling of the light. It is the patient, unseen handThat curls the sapling to the oak,The quiet…
Professor Bruce Lloyd invites ChatGPT and DeepSeek to read, reflect, and respond. Here’s a summary and critique of “Atlantic Corridor | Life: Borders, Beliefs, and the Beautiful Ordinary” (by Mayor, 30 October 2025): (ChatGPT) Summary The essay captures a reflective, cross-continental conversation between three participants—Ismar (Brazil), Ritesh (India), and the Mayor (France)—who meet virtually to discuss how geography,…
The Power of Language in Human Connection Language is the bedrock of human interaction, a tool that has not only facilitated communication but has also shaped the course of history. From the earliest cave paintings to the modern digital landscape, our ability to express thoughts and ideas has been pivotal in influencing world events. Each…
