Plenty of chat without the need for any software

Did the Tories get an early bite at the ChatGPT chatbot (Spotlight, 27 January)? Writing to my MP on diverse subjects, I get back closely typed, two-page replies that resemble each other but are empty of content. Just wondering.

Jenny Tillyard Seaford, England, UK

• Politicians have no need for a chatbot to reply to members of the public; they have staff to do that. Working at the Department of Trade in the 1980s, part of my job was to draft replies for the minister. The recipient of one letter I had drafted complained later that it was a “masterpiece of non-answer”. When my boss saw this, he congratulated me on having “cracked it”.

Sue Firth North Hykeham, England, UK