Artificial General Intelligence is further away than people think. The Large Language Model (LLM) is a dead end, they don't 'understand' anything and newer more powerful (that is more energy consuming) versions are just as prone to hallucinations. The companies are running around putting sticking plasters where things are falling apart. Yes they will replace lots of jobs (making lots of mistakes) but they are not the technology that leads to the AI singularity.

*a risky…

Trigg - it’s I risky strategy for Southampton to adopt - if they start the season poorly, the fans could quickly turn against whoever is manager. Alternatively, they might start well, and then deteriorate when the banned manager returns - that could be even more toxic… I still reckon loads of teams probably “spy” on opponents, despite the availability of vast amounts of data and information, but that they just manage to do it without being caught…

CW yes but if you are a tube driver already well paid , really? Driverless tube trains please.

I see the Southampton owner is saying he won’t be sacking their manager following Spygate.

Timmy-disagree, the right to strike is a fundamental part of working culture

The calibre, integrity and skills of the political class is at an all time low

Eventually AI will replace most jobs - starting with the manual / repetitive work. It won't happen as quickly as some predict but it is inevitable that it will. I hope the powers that be are already thinking about how to manage the job losses and what to do with the people who lose out. Ultimately it will be the vast majority of us.

After years of campaigning for Scottish Independance Nicola Sturgeon moves to London, can be found park up in a camper van on the embankment.

*Also, I don’t think I (or anyone else for that matter) would ever dare to tell Nick off about anything, ever…

The DLR is driverless isn’t it? I guess AI and technology in general will see many driving jobs disappearing, and other types of jobs too - what will be left, who knows…

Kite - like I said, I’m not at all bothered, honestly (hence the winky emoji when I commented to you after your Josh Simons post…). I won’t be criticising or pointing out anything political, that’s for the mods to determine - I don’t think it’s embargoed, I think it was just the fact that quite often things deteriorated into open abuse from one poster to another, something we can probably all agree is best avoided.

You go on strike, you’ve lost the argument

I remember when I lived in France for a year they had driverless trains on the Lille metro as far back as the mid 80s

Careful Nick, a4e will now have to tell you off for a political post!

Definitely not a fan of automation but I can’t wait for the tube drivers who are holding London hostage, and stopping people from being able to earn a living and support their own families to be replaced by driverless trains. These people are just greedy and try to excuse their actions in the name of safety. I’m happy that they earn enough money to allow them to take days off as there are lots of people whose lives are disrupted by the strikes who don’t have the same luxury.

Morning all

A half-way competent EFL (OK, I know that is stretching imaginations) would have made sure the panel looked whiter than white. Definitely the right decision to eject Southampton and certainly the wrong personnel.

Southampton cheated, then lied, then denied, then sought to deflect & blame others. Right to the last they are saying the panel was biased. Utter shame on them. Pity their fans who deserve better.

Seems to be how the world works these days OI.

Definitely right to remove Southampton but was it sensible to have the independent board chair someone who had played for Middlesbrough (once to be fair) and one of the two legal advisors, a lawyer who had appeared on behalf of the club. Right decision, dodgy optics.

[Link] Info coming out about Spygate.

Sad for Kevin Keegan - cancer is an absolute c**t. Hopefully he can get the treatment and pain management he needs to make things less uncomfortable…

WJ, that's the thing about the BBC, its the amount of ads they have on there. Apparently they are AD free, except that they aren't really if you think about it. Commercially the value of this is massive, if you were to bundle this up and put forward to their "promotions" and be charged by a minor station, say Channel 5, the cost would still be colossal. The fact their promotions seem to get longer and longer and the frequent push on programmes like the One Show, or the News goes to show how much of an advantage they have over other stations.

Kevin Keegan has been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer.