I believe Skynet have everything sorted and are about to go live with some sort of revolutionary update. What could possible go wrong?

I always wondered what purpose the machines would have to their existence, if they exterminated humanity. It seems awfully human intelligence, rather than artificial intelligence.

As a rule, other sentient creatures don't seem to have the same kind of viciousness seen in humans. I think its a chimp thing, and that Artifical Intelligence will end up basically being remarkably helpful and friendly, right up until some shaved chimps start using it to wipe out other shaved chimps.

"One Nation Under God, has turned into One Nation Under the Influence of One Drug"
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To site a poor country example - Ethiopia as a country is relatively new to having its own container terminal(s) being land locked & previously all its containers were customs cleared in Djibouti (so Djibouti got all the box handling & government import tax revenue) in around 2014 Ethiopia & Djib came to an agreement that Djib would allow all Ethiopia bound containers to pass unhindered into Ethiopian inland dry port container terminals (this was indeed historic for Ethiopia) I was in one of the dry terminal's in Mojo with my boss (about 2 hours drive from Addis Ababa) we went into the invoicing department, there were about 50 locals working on invoicing, my boss remarked that for about $1000 they could buy a computer programme that meant that the same job could have been done by 3 people, the supervisor said, we know , in fact a software company offered us this program for free, they turned it down because the thought of 50 local families having a breadwinner was more beneficial for Ethiopia than the money they would save using the software -

In the UK the rise of automation will ultimately see the phasing out of sections of rail workers, signallers, certain station based jobs (like ticket office) & drivers - sensors, cameras & software are all pretty much available which is why I say those striking are hastening their replacement dates -

Teachers - during lockdown my kids had classes online, by & large it worked ( OK my kids are 17 & 19 now so in the older age bracket to still be called kids, the older one was finishing her A Levels during lockdown) but the option remains that for older kids lessons could be online, they could even be pre - recorded by a central office & supplied with an FAQ list with an ability to chatbot other questions etc, what I am saying is we are not far away now from a strategy that will see the need for kids to go to a central class less & less over the years - Obviously one of the drawbacks is that kids will miss that social interaction only achieved by being in a class full with their group, but for example, if it starts with say A Level kids, then last years of GCSE etc etc slowly working its way down the educational levels & again teachers striking will ultimately drive technology to replace them -

Yup not just the drivers. In London we use contactless to pay our fares the rest of the country has yet to catch up.

The way I look at this stuff is if people want us to spend billions on the railwayss and I am in favour of this the least the taxpayer can expect in return is a modern system with modern working practices.

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Get rid of bloody people. Nowt stranger than folk.