Hamish Macdonald

There was a point in time where we imagined like a post-truth future in which none of us really knew what was real and what was fake.

And I think probably the reality that we're all experiencing is that we're kind of there now.

Certainly.

The algorithms are feeding off basic functions in our brain, you know, what we react to, what we have the emotional response to.

The issue is, are these algorithms doing something back to us?

I think we're all going to have to arm ourselves better to confront the onslaught, the waves of information pollution that are coming our way, particularly with AI's development.

humans are pretty resilient as well you know and like if you think back not that long ago the cuban missile crisis might have been happening or chernobyl was happening and people really genuinely thought this might be the end of the world yeah but humans have a remarkable capacity to move through those things

I feel deeply honoured.

I didn't know the club existed.

It didn't actually.

It didn't.

Until moments ago.

You started it.

But yeah, I'm glad I've met the entry requirements.

I'm not quite sure how I have, but anyway.

I think I probably knew when every one of those live shows happened because you'd get random texts from friends.

You know, Susie Yusuf would be like, hey, I've just seen you.

How are you?

I haven't thought of you or texted you in months.

How are you?