AI Is Already Damaging Beneficiaries In NZ
First they came for the beneficiaries, because that’s where the State tests cruelty before rolling it out to everyone else.

First they came for the beneficiaries, because that’s where the State tests cruelty before rolling it out to everyone else.

The Pope has entered the AI debate, and Martyn sees the real fight: organic God versus artificial God in the biggest market turf war on Earth.

NZ corporate media gave itself another shiny dinner while the Fourth Estate burns, the BSA gets torched, RNZ gets threatened, and journalism is eaten alive.

National’s vision of AI-powered public services sounds less like innovation and more like automating neglect.

When AI can instantly generate essays and answers, the old education model starts collapsing fast. The real crisis isn’t students using AI, it’s politicians still pretending rote learning prepares kids for the future.

It’s not a race between AI, climate collapse and war. It’s a pile-up — and we’re already in it.

Underpaid, overworked, and walking away — New Zealand’s journalism crisis isn’t looming. It’s already gutting the newsroom.

You can leave your phone behind. You can’t leave your heartbeat.