Chris Payne’s description of the working of a beehive: shared goals, decentralised decision-making, autonomous workers acting for the collective good and, most of all, honest communication as the model for a “very successful business” sounds identical to a socialist-inspired cooperative (Office buzz: UK employers turn to beehives to boost workplace wellbeing, 8 February).
Pete Lavender
Woodthorpe, Nottingham
• Martin Rowson’s excellent article (I asked AI to name my wife. To the hopelessly incorrect people it cited, my deepest apologies, 9 February) does demonstrate clearly that current AIs are lying fantasists. On the plus side, that does make them ideal candidates to head up several countries that come to mind.
Alan Lodge
Llanwern, Brecon
• I enjoyed Martin Rowson’s game. I needed only one letter to complete my Wordle so asked AI. It got it completely wrong. Cheered me up no end. There again…
Joan Burnie
Edinburgh
• Finland Railways, VR, have gone one better than Deutsche Bahn (Letters, 6 February) and have upper-deck playrooms on their long-distance trains, not to mention freshly cooked meatballs and mash in the restaurant cars.
David Felton
Wistaston, Cheshire
• Given recent findings (Prince and Princess of Wales ‘deeply concerned’ by Epstein revelations, 9 February) is it perhaps time for the former Duke of York to be stripped of his names and simply be known as Exhibit A?
Graham Whittington
Rochefort en Valdaine, France
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