Cambridge professor crowned world tiddlywinks champion, AI researcher jokes about 'challenging US supremacy'
fhuszar · x · 2026-10-25
AI researcher fhuszar shares a BBC story with a wink: Cambridge professor Patrick Barrie beat the US's Dave "The Dragon" Lockwood in a pub match to become world tiddlywinks champion. His caption — 'more and more nations are challenging US supremacy. Well done UK!' — playfully maps a tiny tabletop pub game onto the AI race narrative.
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