The Big Issue

All AI want for Christmas?

The results can sometimes be accidentally poetic. Often they’re strange. Strange and disturbing

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, and the like may instil feelings of warmth, comfort and nostalgia in many of us on first exposure each winter. But by the 25 millionth time we’ve heard them over an increasingly protracted period, everywhere from shops to pubs, TV and radio, research shows they can begin to trigger mental health stresses around everything from money to work and relationships.

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from The Big Issue

The Big Issue3 min read
Robin Ince Is On The Road
My son is the son and heir of a shyness that is criminally vulgar. When he was nine, I wrote a poem after we built a den in the woods. It pondered on whether this would be our final piece of den building (it was). It was only when I first performed i
The Big Issue1 min read
The Big Issue
FOUNDERS John Bird and Gordon Roddick GROUP CHAIR Nigel Kershaw GROUP CEO Paul Cheal MANAGING DIRECTOR Russell Blackman EDITORIAL & PRODUCTION Editor Paul McNameeArt director Mark NeilDeputy editor Steven MacKenzieDigital editor Ryan Butcher
The Big Issue6 min read
Sananda Maitreya
I would adore my 16-year-old self. I would tell them that you are a visionary. You have an incredible idea of who you are. Be patient because your time will come [Maitreya rose to fame in 1987 as Terence Trent D’Arby]. Every insult, everything you’re

Related Books & Audiobooks