Thursday\u2019s episode of Question Time was an AI special, with experts from the field both advocating for and warning against the use of AI.<\/p>\n
As well as living, present, human panellists, the show featured an AI-generated panel of people who probably didn\u2019t actually need an introduction, but they got one anyway.<\/p>\n
\nTonight Question Time features an imagined AI panel made up of historical figures who shaped the modern world <\/p>\n
Watch the #bbcqt<\/a> AI special now on @BBCiPlayer<\/a> and @BBCNews<\/a> to see what our REAL panel have to say on AI, including how it can blur the lines between reality and fakery pic.twitter.com\/G1HVSUyt5t<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 BBC Question Time (@bbcquestiontime) May 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Talk about not reading the room \u2026<\/p>\n
1.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nAre we okay https:\/\/t.co\/JGLXtdXzE4<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 Scott Bryan (@scottygb) May 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
2.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nThe thing about these kinds of Gen AI use cases is that the BBC could have easily made this video before these tools existed \u2013 you could do it with actors in makeup, you could do it with traditional VFX.<\/p>\n
The fact that you’re only doing it now means you only thought it was worth\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/nCmjdbDB4H<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 Fergus Navaratnam-Blair (@Fergus_NBlair) May 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
3.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nHAHAHAHAHA https:\/\/t.co\/FdtAF3SEBy<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 twitch.tv\/Limmy (@DaftLimmy) May 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
4.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nGenuinely offensive on so many levels. What a horrifying and listless age, the opposite of innovation https:\/\/t.co\/I9eheHBvEy<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 Ed Zitron (@edzitron) May 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
5.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nYou should all apologise for being so embarrassingly shit at this and resign.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Sean Biggerstaff (@Seanchuckle) May 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
6.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nAs expected, not one person brought up the huge theft of creative work that most generative AI models are based on.<\/p>\n
Not only that, but they used AI video \u2013 presumably generated by a model based on theft.<\/p>\n
A huge lack of balance, and a terrible missed opportunity to educate the\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/tIK92kZ7HM<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 Ed Newton-Rex (@ednewtonrex) May 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
7.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nThe planet is burning. https:\/\/t.co\/deoakx2olg<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 George Aylett (@GeorgeAylett) May 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
8.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nAgain, I wonder if half the problem with our media outlets and politicians now might just be the increasing purity of cocaine available to buy in London https:\/\/t.co\/U3G7irev7G<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 Flying_Rodent (@flying_rodent) May 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
9.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nQuestion Time featured an AI generated panel of historical figures who helped shape the modern world. Reviewers are calling it everything from \u2018shit\u2019 to \u2018fuckin shit\u2019 https:\/\/t.co\/snhz4s4dQT<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/eQYSeEhQZd<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 Ruth Husko (@dank_ackroyd) May 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
10.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nDisgusting take from the @BBC<\/a> tonight. AI was trained from human creative work without consent. There was nobody on the panel to represent the \u00a3145.8 billion UK creative industries. https:\/\/t.co\/qSLOXKkMQP<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 Thomas Hewitt Jones (@thewittjones) May 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
11.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nat least GB News had the decency to have a human Churchill lookalike on and then interview him as if he was the real Churchill for some reason https:\/\/t.co\/3vSZMQAOFa<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 BRYN_BORANGA (@BRYN_BORANGA) May 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
12.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nSo BBC are moaning that 16-24 year olds are lazy whilst creating ai of dead people for a tv programme. You actually cannot write it https:\/\/t.co\/YsMviAP4wy<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 Frankie (@FR27Design) May 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
13.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nusing an ARTIST’S IMAGE especially for smth like this holy shit everyone involved in this is going to hell https:\/\/t.co\/BzqRAgzI8l<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 charley \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0f (@charleybollard) May 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
14.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nEveryone involved in this should be so deeply embarrassed that they never feel comfortable being part of society ever again.<\/p>\n
What the fuck is this shit? https:\/\/t.co\/18FR0YoBso<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 MrTARDIS (@TrilbeeReviews) May 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
15.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nPeople without water in parts of the country because Question Time used all the fresh water to make an AI panel of dead people https:\/\/t.co\/5uSnLUfiNf<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 Leah Dionne (@leahdionne__) May 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
In case you sensed there was something a little off with the whole episode, besides the AI, it might have been this.<\/p>\n
\nThis is ridiculous. They don\u2019t even have anyone from Reform. Did Farage say no to this one too? Where is he? https:\/\/t.co\/rDlZfKO8pX<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 ALASTAIR CAMPBELL (@campbellclaret) May 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
We\u2019ll leave the last word to the wonderful Guy Goma, who went viral when he turned up for a job interview but was mistaken for another guest and interviewed on live television instead.<\/p>\n
\nAt least I was alive when the BBC interviewed me. https:\/\/t.co\/QgyZubl1ni<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 Guy Goma (@RealWrongGuy) May 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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