Humans redundant, not likely

There is a conception that Artificial Intelligence will, fairly soon, make humans redundant or even obsolete. I have argued elsewhere that this reasoning is based on the notion that machines are increasingly taking over the world of work but, for human kind, it is work that is becoming obsolete and we now need to look […]

AI is taking over, is there life after work?

With the increasing growth and exploitation of Artificial Intelligence, which is taking over from human labour in the workplace, the underlying assumption is that without work, humans are obsolete. The problem here is a ridiculous binary argument, that the only way humans can survive is through work in the modern post industrial world. The question […]

Obscene wealth needs sanctioning, not the poor from whom it is stolen

The wealth generated by robotics and Artificial Intelligence (AI) will be owned by the companies which exploit it, exactly the same model which has exploited human workers since the Industrial Revolution. We have been sold a myth that robots will free us from work and provide us with more leisure time. The reality is that […]

Four years of witness to the depravity of the worst government in UK history

A letter a day to number 10. No 1,374 Thursday 17 March 2016. Dear Mr Cameron, I hope you’ve got the party poppers out. It’s four years since I started these little daily chats. A witness to the depravity of the worst government in UK history. I love life. Life is the natural expression of […]