Chris Payne’s description of the working of a beehive: shared goals, decentralised decision-making, autonomous workers acting for the collective good and, most of all, honest communication as the model for a “very successful business” sounds identical to a socialist-inspired cooperative (Office buzz: UK employers turn to beehives to boost workplace wellbeing, 8 February).
Pete Lavender
Woodthorpe, Nottingham
• Martin Rowson’s excellent article (I asked AI to name my wife. To the hopelessly incorrect people it cited, my deepest apologies, 9 February) does demonstrate clearly that current AIs are lying fantasists. On the plus side, that does make them ideal candidates to head up several countries that come to mind.
Alan Lodge
Llanwern, Brecon
