Discover how a 25-mile stretch of railway in northern England—the Stockton & Darlington Railway—marked a turning point in human history. First opened on September 27, 1825, it carried the world’s first steam locomotive and quietly set in motion changes that reshaped industry, time, distance, and daily life. This audio piece is a reflective dialogue between a human questioner and Chat GPT, an artificial intelligence (AI) platform.
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