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I prompted Chat GPT to “Write an introduction to a weekly mailbag column” and it gave me this: Welcome to our weekly mailbag column where we answer questions from our readers. Each week, we will select a few questions from our readers and provide insightful and informative answers. Our goal is to help our readers learn more about a wide range of topics and to address any concerns they may have. Whether you have a question about current events, science, history, or any other topic, we are here to help. So send us your questions and we will do our best to provide you with thoughtful and helpful responses. Thanks for reading and we look forward to hearing from you.

That’s pretty good writing, but it’s soliciting questions and not actually introducing the column where the questions get answered. So there is still room for human journalists!

M Bartley: What did you like about the ending of “The Menu”? Myself and the two other people I know who saw it both enjoyed the movie but found the endi…