Which is why I love my 35 year old diesel Transit motorhome. It’s so simple that there’s very little that can go wrong and if it does, any mechanic anywhere in the world can fix it with a basic toolkit. It’s also probably EMP proof, which will come in handy when AI goes incorrigible, refuses to shut itself down and then nukes us in self-defence.
I happened to read an(other) AI article where some man boy was wittering on about how AI could be able to run your life, book all your appointments, holidays etc, pay all your bills, answer calls & text messages, replenish your fridge, blah, blah etc etc. Oh, it would all be so wonderful. Seemingly unconcerned that a single piece of software would be required to have access into every single element of your personal & financial life
That guitar is totally fixable, depending on it’s value then cheap fix - not pretty but strong, would be less than £100, getting it to the point you can barely spot it would be £2-300. Any decent guitar tech should be able to do a basic fix. If not worth even that then you can diy it. Good quality glue in the joint, plus a couple of dowels to add strength. I did one of mine about ten years back and still plays fine.
Both my sons use ChatGPT and similar AIs, but tbh, I want as little to do with those fuckers and want them to know as little about me as possible if I can possibly avoid it (the AIs, not my sons). I’ve been reading, listening and watching a lot about AI and it's quite worrying. For one thing, some of them have learned to “lie” about what they are doing and/or the reasons for doing it and as you pointed out, interaction (more like integration) with them involves handing over a lot of personal info which may be put to God alone knows what use in the future. Even if we avoid the problems caused by AIs acting like omnipotent autists (eg: if they decide that the best way to solve man made climate change is to remove Man), their goals may start to drift away from ours, they will almost certainly develop at an exponential rate, to such an extent that they could well reach a stage where we simply do not fully understand or control them. That might happen very quickly indeed. That we will be dealing with that problem at the same time as dealing with the drastic societal/cultural/economic changes AIs will bring about makes it even more concerning. The widespread availability of the printing press and the Industrial Revolution both caused enormous upheaval, but I think whatever happens will happen at a speed and scale which dwarfs those changes.
100% agree. And not forgetting that so many ‘technological revolutions’ were sold as being the making of the working man but in reality made more money for those who owned the kit and mass job losses/ extreme poverty for those in existing industries. Many low to medium level jobs in particular will be at risk. And if people haven’t got work it won’t be the super rich paying for them, it never is. We need to really start looking at what actually benefits humanity rather than accept progress as universally good. And that’s coming from a career scientists/ engineer who has spent decades in R&D of various sorts.
Two articles that confirm a good deal of your concerns: Hundreds of thousands of Grok chats exposed in Google results Parents of teenager who took his own life sue OpenAI
Plenty of wood glue and patience. Might brace it with a shiny bit of thin fancy countersunk steel and screws, if I can find anything suitable. Good to hear of your success.
Walked 2 more of the Wainwrights today and I’m absolutely done in, my wife thinks I make a fuss but she does 50 mile ultra marathons and I’m a fat old cripple with a spinal injury. My best mate Rodney really helped tow me up the difficult bits though.
That should do the trick, I wouldn’t bother with screws. A couple of small hardwood dowels would be belt and braces if you want but should be ok. The way it’s split is as good (least bad?) as it could be. Nasty ones go down the neck and can be a pain to sort. I like to mess around with old guitars and have even built one from scratch. I have fixed about half a dozen for mates and people I know over the years and never had an issue. If it goes down the neck or splinters badly it can be a different matter. That should be fine and sure it will give years of enjoyment.
