Thanks for all the kind comments about the question and answer podcast following our 40th episode.

It's good to know that this part of the old front line seems to be as popular as ever.

And I think the question that we had about artificial intelligence, AI, and the use of it,

and the potential dangers of it for historical research and the projection of history through

rich media like podcasts and videos, it really seems to have hit

the mark with many of you. And I had a lot of follow-up comments about that. And it's clear,

like me, many of you are cautious, if not a little bit fearful of AI. And I noticed that a recent

Channel 4 documentary about Hitler's DNA, which some of you may have seen,

used AI imagery and film in the production of that documentary, which, as far as I'm aware, is a first for mainstream television.

So it's already quite concerning, really really that artificial intelligence is being used to produce material for serious documentaries and is being presented as if it's an actual source. And I've seen a few interesting videos from World War II channels on YouTube recently discussing this very issue about AI.

And I'm sure it is something that we will return to in this podcast, perhaps on the old front line YouTube channel at some point in the near future because I kind of think

it is something that we need to keep an eye on and keep discussing so that we are aware that

material is being put out there that has not come from the archives, that it is artificially

produced from a source that really only has a bare minimum

often of the facts. But anyway, that's a discussion for another day. For now, it's time

for this week's questions. Our first question comes from Robert Knapp in America. Robert asks,

you often refer to Downland in the podcast. As an American, we don't have that term here. Could you

describe what Downland is? Well, this is a really good question, Robert, and I guess as someone who grew up in that downland in the south of England,

it's something that I could take for granted.

So to those who are not familiar with the concept of downland,

what are we talking about here?

And it is something that I have referred to a number

...