The new artificial intelligence tool that can predict a person’s risk of 1,000 diseases fills me with apprehension (Report, 17 September). If, say, the tool forecasts that I have a 30% chance of suffering from a horrible condition within the next five years, I’m not sure whether that would be good news or bad.
Sam White
Lewes, East Sussex
• Bringing the dodo back is interesting (Scientists claim they’ve made ‘pivotal step’ in bringing back the dodo for first time in 300 years, 17 September), but perhaps futile with Homo sapiens’ insistence on destroying the planet. Far better to resurrect Homo neanderthalensis, by all accounts a more cooperative and less aggressive hominid.
Patrick Cosgrove
Bucknell, Shropshire
• Re the far right co-opting the Saint George’s flag (Report, 14 September), may I suggest a “reclaim the flag” campaign? This could involve a heart drawn on the centre of the flag to represent the tolerant values of the vast majority of people in Britain.
Liz Conmy
Oxford
• In Bury, a Lancashire cotton town, the equivalent sign for giving way (Letters, 14 September) used to be “Weave now”.
Carol Haines
Yealmpton, Devon
• Re Donald Trump’s state visit, the irony of his administration is that the majority of those who emigrated to the US did so to escape the type of government that he is establishing.
Geoffrey Cobb
Deal, Kent
• Donald Trump’s 51st state visit?
Alan Barnes
Congleton, Cheshire
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