In this week's comments update, readers are confused by the UK's contribution to the Dubai Expo 2020 and debating other top stories.
British designer Es Devlin has unveiled a cross-laminated timber pavilion, which is the UK's contribution to the Dubai Expo 2020.
The UK Pavilion has been designed to display a series of AI-generated poems during the international event, which opened in Dubai this week.
Poems created from words submitted by visitors and generated by AI are written in English and Arabic using LED lights on the facade.
"A giant ice cream cone spouting gobbledygook"
Commenters are baffled. "The poem in these photos is an utterly nonsensical list of words," said Rupert. "Surely the UK could have come up with something a bit more dynamic and engaging than a giant wooden ice cream cone on its side spouting gobbledygook." "Another classic example of an 'Instagram' project," added Daniel Pex. "A superficial project devised purely so it looks good on social media."
Guy continued: "It reportedly cost £44 million! It's scandalous. Who oversaw this and allowed taxpayers to be so misled" Heads most definitely need to roll!"
"What are the chances a single visitor will ever stand there, read the 'poem', and be emotionally moved by its machine-generated content"" asked Ali March.
"Slim to zero I'd wager. This pavilion is pointless and meaningless, a cacophony of random shapes and awkward ...