Joke's on you, fleshbag! Channel 4's first AI presenter is dizzyingly grim (www.theguardian.com)

Channel 4’s Dispatches episode “Will AI Take My Job?” made the meta point literal: the show investigating AI-driven job loss was presented by Aisha Gaban — a fully synthetic, computer‑generated journalist. The CG host looked convincingly human despite glitches (stiff eye contact, poor sibilance), and the episode pitted four professionals (doctor, lawyer, musician, photographer) against AI counterparts. The takeaway was stark: AI often isn’t better at nuance, but it is faster and cheaper — enough that the film claimed some 8 million UK jobs are at risk. Practical wins (faster diagnostic tools that could support overburdened GPs) sit next to fraught losses (automation of creative roles like photography). Technically and culturally, the episode crystallizes several implications for the AI/ML community: synthetic humans and multimodal generative systems have reached broadcast‑ready fidelity, raising questions about authenticity, disclosure and labor substitution incentives in media; trade‑offs between accuracy, latency and cost will drive adoption even where quality lags; and the environmental footprint of training/serving these models (datacentre energy/water use) remains an under‑addressed externality. The show’s paradox — using an AI to lecture about AI job loss — underscores the need for clearer industry norms, policy on workforce transition, and transparent reporting of model limitations and resource costs.