HAPPY NEW YEAR from London Apprentice
Life goes on but at a reduced rate with much natural and unnatural attrition. It seems that every day we lose someone that has been around for a long while. Last year there many but perhaps none so lofty as our queen of 70 yrs ER2. How can life here ever be the same again? I wish Charles III well as he comes to our throne at such a difficult time. There is much hardship for which our people are ill prepared. Technology marches on and needs to if we are to retain our lifestyle and save the planet which is warming faster than ever. The UK has lost 50% of its habitat. There are those who care but their actions merely make a bad situation even worse. There are strikes that emanate from dissatisfaction with the status-quo. On the technical front the difficulties range through nuclear, hydrogen, and batteries. More automation and robotic machines threaten jobs with consequential unrest.
I will confess some astonishment at the link between this Blog and that of CFC. It also links to my Special Bitter BLOG. Both need to have defunct email addresses changed.
NOTES FROM 20MAY2023
It is 2 years since my accident on the stairs which curtailed my ability to play the guitar at all for 12 months. I am pleased to ay that the predictions that my "rotator-cuff" injury would take at least 2 years to heal have come true and aside from a slight discomfort I am back to playing bad notes as well as ever!
A couple of items on the morning news took my -er ear. The following transcribed from my rough notes.
AI
WORRIES – Artificial
Intelligence likely to create as many new jobs as it costs says
professor. Concerns of population now risen to 68%. A thereat to
humanity? BT to slash 55000 jobs by 2030. The march of the robots.
Stephen Hawking said AI was mankind’s greatest achievement and
greatest threat. Gutenberg Printing press C1400. Lawyers,
Bankers, Accountants all under threat. Google Chief Dr Geoffrey Hinton (75) resigned over
his fears of unethical use and regretting his involvement in the
developments. Existential
threat to mankind. Chat robots that invent answers. Dystopian state
inevitable. Forty percent of jobs in 1960 are not available today.
Will it mean that no-one will have any income? What of the Tax-take
and pensions? Inference, deduction, assumption issues. Mental health
issues likely to rise if people
not
occupied. Humans always corrupt the use of new technology. Bad
intentions prevail. Humanity always adapts to new challenges…. Mmm!
DOG
DEATHS -
A minority have a dog in order to intimidate. Breeds are not banned
and no law has been been broken. Dangerous dogs act. A group of
people who want an aggressive dog at their side. A status symbol. Why
no licence? Type of owner has changed. Staffordshire Terriers are not
all aggressive. “He’s never done this before” does not stack up
when investigated. Time-line of aggressive development becomes
obvious says a top source.