Well that is a great bit of news and a late Christmas present. I can't believe a league team would pay money for Orsi. Maybe Crawley think his golden spell with them is the player they will be getting back. They'll be in for a surprise. I doubt they paid us what we paid Burton but it saves on wages and carrying dead wood.

How much on earth did we get? Any rumours

Wonder if we convinced Crawley to pay £8 million for Orsi. Would pay off the debt and then when we go to 50%+1 we can use that money on other stuff.

Wouldn't mind Stockley from Port Vale. Not a regular so might be a goer

Director of Football Craig Cope, said: "Naturally we’re disappointed to lose Danilo so soon into his time at Wimbledon. We thank him for his contributions since joining in the summer. He really brought into the Club’s values as well as scored and played his part in some important goals for the Club. "As always, when there is a transfer fee on offer it’s important we consider it given our financial position. "We say thanks to Danilo and wish him all the very best in his future career."

Perhaps CC’s best ever deal?

Exiled - indeed 🤞🥳

I hope the fact we’ve sold Orsi means that there is another striker coming in. I know he didn’t score many but we do need more options up top.

Pete, please don’t be all cryptic - I can’t work it out, what’s it about?

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Orsi signs for Crawley 😯 FOR A FEE!!! 🤪😬

OI - Current Mods are fine. Bert's initial threat was understandable, maybe even his second. I thought at first it was something I'd posted which was probably controversial, but Bert said it wasn't that. Anyways, once regular threats of closure started happening I stopped posting for a while. It seems those warnings aren't necessary now.

Nick - very true, yes!! We always managed revision really well, and AI might help some students in ways that group revision in classrooms cannot, and you’re right that it won’t necessarily improve the quality, just the speed - and we all know that doesn’t always produce the best results… It will have its uses, but you can’t replace expertise and experience with robots (except in some basic tasks…).

*incredibly

Point taken, Trigg, yes it was something specific, as you rightly say - however, I’m very pleased to see the pretty much complete absence of abuse, name calling, and hateful comments about certain groups in society now 👏

a4e - I think my chief disagreement would be there. Outstanding revision resources have existed for years and years. AI hasn't created anything here; it's just scavenged what already exists. But what it will do is kill off jobs in publishing, all in the name of expedience (nee laziness).

Nick (sorry, posts crossed) - yes, you’re right re social media for sure, and I also agree with you that schools/teachers should tread carefully… One issue is that, no matter how fast schools try to invest in the technology and training for their staff, they will always be several steps behind the developments that are out there - this will especially be the case in state schools where budgets are so incredible tight, but also in those independent schools that are somewhat stuck in the past, as many are…

Not taking sides but that’s not why Wup got closed A4e - it was very specific. Thankfully things have settled a bit. But there’s still a lot to be sorted out before things can have a line drawn under them.

Trigg - exactly, AI will (eventually) be a massive boon to people, and in some areas it already is (surgery, diagnosis, etc…). Current “amateur” usage does provide us with interesting outcomes for now - just hear some of the AI generated music, much of which is hilariously weird 🤪 I think some are confusing the potential ban on the use of social media apps in schools (as in Australia, for example) with AI - on the contrary, schools will embrace AI technology, and will be very keen to equip young people with skills to help them work in AI after they finish their studies. AI already provides students with amazing text summaries and revision notes, and should be encouraged in that regard…

I realise all this gents. When I referenced banning, it was about social media. I expect in time the dangers of AI will be taken seriously, whatever that entails. As it stands, it seems everyone (teachers included) are jumping in two-footed with glee and wonder, with no reservation. There is plenty to worry about. Sadly Trigger the human experience is already fatally wounded and I don't see Hawking being far off in terms of when we go full Black Mirror.

Free speech never includes 'being a dick' Pete. That said, as far as I know there have been almost no editing or censoring of posts of late.

Pete - not sure why you’re gunning for me, I’ve got nothing against you whatsoever. Threats of WUP closure were more to do with some of the abuse and, frankly, racist and homophobic stuff that was going on here, no? Note that there’s no racism or homophobia on here nowadays, and ask yourself why that is…. Sorry, you’ll need to explain the Santa/baton thing, I don’t understand it…

You can’t ban it. That would be like staying on horses when everyone else goes to the motor car. You have to embrace it and try to make sure it’s done well and people understand the opportunities and the dangers.

Nick - I agree with some of that, but it’s certainly not the case that everyone in education wants it banned - after all, a great many future jobs will depend on young people entering the workforce with AI expertise. Wanting tools that can render images of people (including children…!!) de-clothed (as per Musk’s tool on X) banned is quite another matter - I for one am in favour of banning that, and anyone who isn’t (including Musk himself) needs to be under some sort of suspicion… 👀😯

How naive are you, Teacher? Freedom of speech on WUP ended with the first threat of closure from Bert for just such an offence, let alone the many follow up threats by the Gimps.