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AI can wipe us out – so why can’t it do Guardian cryptic crosswords? | Brief letters
Publisher description: Brief letters: AI capabilities | Trump’s judgment | Gardening attire | Death in English literature | Tautologies | Nominative determinism
The Guardian | Sep 15, 2026 | Guardian staff reporter
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AI may be capable of “taking over the entire internet” (OpenAI boss and Elon Musk back calls to put brakes on ‘reckless’ AI development, 13 September), but it is rubbish at tackling the Guardian cryptic crossword. John HoughamReading, Berkshire Donald Trump is downplaying the dangers of AI (Trump facing AI backlash in Congress as push for guardrails intensifies, 15 September). But didn’t he say much the same thing about Covid? Garry WynneNorley, Cheshire What a bizarre idea, that people should buy special clothes for gardening (Mossy catwalks, mycelial designs and Monty Don: the growth of gardener style, 11 September).
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