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Mr Celine

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This plug is probably quite safe as with two pins on the right it isn't going to fit a BS socket. And if there isn't a pin under the terminal marked 'live' it could fit a socket but in that case the appliance neutral wire would be connected to mains live, with the appliance live wire connected to earth it would blow the fuse/trip the circuit breaker in the fuse box.

Hawkwind's effort was much better.
 
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briantrumpet

briantrumpet

Pharaoh

He calls me sweetheart and winks at me - but he's not my boyfriend, he's AI

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62njv82n0wo

"1 in 3 adults are using artificial intelligence for emotional support or social interaction, according to a study by government body AI Security Institute."

Where do I start with this? Interacting with something, you know doesn't exist?

Just as weird is the 'offer' of AI keeping an AI version of someone who's died, so that relatives can carry on as if they haven't died.
 
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briantrumpet

Pharaoh
AI knows she is a fictional character.
At least, that is what it is telling us. 😉

Still none the wiser, and I'm happy to remain that way.
 

Beebo

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Just as weird is the 'offer' of AI keeping an AI version of someone who's died, so that relatives can carry on as if they haven't died.

I was chatting to my sister in law about some photos she had manipulated to show her grandmother interacting with her grandchildren that she never met.
She was gushing about how lovely it was. I was saying it’s just weird.
I wonder if people said the same thing when photos first appeared
 

Rusty Nails

Country Member

He calls me sweetheart and winks at me - but he's not my boyfriend, he's AI

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62njv82n0wo

"1 in 3 adults are using artificial intelligence for emotional support or social interaction, according to a study by government body AI Security Institute."

Where do I start with this? Interacting with something, you know doesn't exist?

What I think is absolutely awful are the adverts for the Galaxy (I believe) phones and Google that say if your friends text you for info why not get the phone to answer directly. (Presumably using AI).

Where is this dislike of actual person to person communication leading to? No wonder young people are growing up with so many hang-ups.
 
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What I think is absolutely awful are the adverts for the Galaxy (I believe) phones and Google that say if your friends text you for info why not get the phone to answer directly. (Presumably using AI).

Where is this dislike of actual person to person communication leading to? No wonder young people are growing up with so many hang-ups.

There was an item on BBC News, a few days ago, about Gen Z's work place 'Telephobia'; i.e. preferring E-Mails, Teams, etc. over phone conversations with colleagues.
Couldn't find a corresponding article on the site, but this is is similar : https://www.theguardian.com/society...e-how-to-overcome-telephobia-and-get-up-early
It would appear that Gen Z has.. resistance to verbal communication, in a way, that others do not.
 
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There was an item on BBC News, a few days ago, about Gen Z's work place 'Telephobia'; i.e. preferring E-Mails, Teams, etc. over phone conversations with colleagues.
Couldn't find a corresponding article on the site, but this is is similar : https://www.theguardian.com/society...e-how-to-overcome-telephobia-and-get-up-early
It would appear that Gen Z has.. resistance to verbal communication, in a way, others do not.

I would say that I cannot remember a single instance of any of our grandchildren using their phones as a phone.
 
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