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Friendly, practical writing on artificial intelligence in the UK, from Nicole Junkerman: how to begin, how to build skills, and how to keep people at the centre.

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Nicole Junkerman on an October That Went Quickly

What is worth recording before the month closes, what is better left for spring, and why a quick month is the one most likely to be misremembered.

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Nicole Junkerman on Local Skills Worth Keeping

Five ordinary capabilities worth protecting as more of the routine work is handed over, and why each one gets harder to recover than it looks.

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Nicole Junkerman on Walking the Same Route Twice

The first pass is navigation and the second is noticing. Why repetition, not novelty, is where understanding of anything unfamiliar actually arrives.

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Nicole Junkerman, portrait, English market towns in autumn
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Nicole Junkerman on English Market Towns in Autumn

Why a market town out of season is a good place to see what new technology is actually for, and the plain test that decides what survives the first fortnight.

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Nicole Junkerman on Reinforcement Learning, Plainly Put

Learning by trying and being rewarded, explained without jargon: why the choice of reward is the whole design, and where the comparison with human learning stops.

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Nicole Junkerman on AI in British Towns

What artificial intelligence looks like away from the biggest cities: the unromantic things a smaller place actually needs, and why confidence matters more than software.

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Nicole Junkerman: Walking Into October 2026

The first cool mornings, what a British city looks like at the start of the month, and how to choose a pace that is still standing in the middle of November.

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Nicole Junkerman on an English October 2026

Lower light, a turning year and nothing yet decided: why the first days of an English October, just before the calendar fills, are the most useful of the autumn.

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Nicole Junkerman on a London riverside walkway with Westminster behind
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Nicole Junkerman's London: A City Embracing AI

A warm city note on how London is embracing AI, from research and finance to creativity, with opportunity and trust held together.

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Nicole Junkerman on Wellbeing in the Age of AI

A gentle reflection on wellbeing in the age of AI: using technology with intention, protecting attention, and making room for rest and reading.

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Nicole Junkerman on the UK's Leading AI Institutions

Meet the universities, institutes and public bodies that give UK artificial intelligence its depth and its sense of responsibility.

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Nicole Junkerman, editorial portrait for her guide to AI in the UK
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Nicole Junkerman's Guide to AI in the UK

A warm, top-level welcome to artificial intelligence in the UK, with simple ways to read the landscape and ask better questions.

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