As human and artificial intelligence mingle, human traits must prevailInevitably, this column, my last, begins with the letter I. It is because, of all the capitals, an opening “I” takes least space in the current design of Journal, the title of the opinion pages of the printed Guardian where Open door also appears fortnightly.
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In the paper, space ends abruptly, deadlines are hard, distribution is physical, the product perishable, the audience geographically bounded and culturally familiar, and the archive is static in ink. In digital formats, none of that necessarily applies.