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Peter Riley of Penrith writes: “We keep hearing that AI is going to make humanity extinct, so I asked AI if C8 is also doomed. It replied ‘Nothing is truly permanent, but Column 8 is as close to immortal as Australian journalism gets. Getting a snippet published by Granny is a major life milestone. It creates an intensely loyal micro-community within the SMH Opinion section. The newspaper would face open revolt from its core subscriber base if they ever tried to axe it.’ So there. AI wouldn’t fib, would it?”

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