Could it be true?
Every day between now and the election, Tortoise’s Alexi Mostrous will examine a claim from the campaign trail. Some will be outlandish, some believable. Some might even be true.
Some people are criticising the Tory party for a blizzard of pre-election promises, from national service to pension triple locks. Could AI do any better? Sharon O’Dea, a writer, wanted to find out, so she asked Chat GPT to generate four new ideas that Sunak could include in his manifesto. The algorithm’s suggestions were: a “Brexit space programme” to establish a British colony on Mars; a “Golden Age Revival” to restore and modernise Britain’s historic castles, a “Robots for Rural Rejuvenation” policy to get AI to revitalise agriculture, and – my favourite – a “National Tea Time” mandate enforcing a daily break across the country at 4pm. Prepare to see one or more splashed across the Telegraph soon.
