Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 9th January 2026.

9th January, 2026.

Right … I’ve just looked out of the window, again.

And it’s still raining.

Storm Goretti hasn’t hit Brentwood as badly as it’s hit other parts of the country.

Thankfully.

But?

I’m not exactly looking forward to going out … !

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Hmmm … 

It seems OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, have introduced a feature for the US version of the service: that can access a person’s medical records.

I’m not sure I like the idea.

I think there’s privacy issues.

Do you want ChatGPT publishing your details by accident?   Let alone your medical records?

I don’t, either.

But it’s not just that.

Yes, there’s upsides, especially in terms of medical research: this could well lead to better drug treatments, as well as highlighting medical problems, and potential solutions.

But?

I’m wondering how and when an AI chatbot can alter medical details, and alter them to a patient’s detriment.

How and when.

Not necessarily if.

There’s also the simple fact that this seems to be limited to the US: for now.

I suspect the USA’s for-profit medical system may be a factor in OpenAI’s decision to start the process there.

It means they will get paid for this, then sell on the results at a profit: rather than give the results to researchers.

Ho … … hum!

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Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 9th January, 2019.

9th January, 2019.

Yep: I officially forgot to put my alarm on … 

On a day when I’ve got an interview in London.

As you can possibly imagine, that’s left me feeling just a touch … you know … rushed … !

At least I can say I’ve had a haircut … 

And a little bit of time: given the interview’s at two!

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Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 9-1-2017

Hmmm … 

I think we can say it’s Day Two of ownership of my new router.

And … ?

It’s not fallen over: yet.

Cynic that I am?   I’m wondering when that’s going to happen.

We’ll have to see, when I start locally streaming media: the old HomeHub3 were — in my experience — bad at that.

My only problem at the moment?

Is finding a cardboard box.

I’ve got an official label that let’s me send the old router back to BT.

Hmmmm … 

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The Daily Teaser — 9-1-2015

I’ve said this before: and will no doubt say it, again.

But waking up to an earworm can be weird, sometimes.

An earworm, before you ask, is a song that’ll happily play itself — or bits of itself — entirely in your head.

Sometimes for no apparent reason.

Certainly for no apparent reason that I can see, this morning.

Lord knows why, but I’ve woken up with Linton Kwesi Johnson’s Reality Poem, from Forces Of Victory, unwinding in my head.

There’s only one thing for it.

Passing it on … !

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Escape From New York: Oooh … So THAT’S where William Gibson Got That Dissolving Implant Gag from … !

17-11-2011

Hmmm …

Well …

There’s a … well … Umm …

Interesting … movie of the evening … !

I’ve GOT to admit, I’ve just spent the night in.

A night in by meself, to be frank, and one that feature’s — frankly — not much on telly that was catching my attention.

Frankly … ?

Frankly, it’s times like this I’m really glad I’ve a pile of unwatched movies sitting around, I really do.

One of those unwatched movies … ?

Believe it of not, was the 1981 John Carpenter directed, Kurt Russell film, Escape From New York.

And when I say unwatched … ?

That’s exactly what I mean, to be frank. Would you believe that’s actually the first time I’ve seen it … ?

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