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[Mark J]

25 minutes ago, Johnsond said:

Another one totally ignorant of how the Scottish system works. And yes I contributed a huge amount towards all of them. 
You ignored the article and focused on my financial situation. The anonymous one would be proud of you. 
No I don’t think the state should provide it especially not for foreign students which was my point all along. Come on lad keep up ffs. 

Rightly so that you care about your offspring and their futures.

I probably know a little bit more about how the education system works, in Scotland and beyond, but I'm happy to be corrected. Can you point out where my ignorance of the Scottish system shines through, and put me right, please?

It's cheaper to train a doctor than it is to retain a good one. Clever scientists come up with good ideas. The last thing we should be doing is discouraging intelligence. We need more doctors in the NHS.

I don't mind dodging a bit less tax to pay the bills. 

Edited 1 hour ago by Mark J

[Stubby]

10 minutes ago, Mark J said:

Rightly so that you care about your offspring and their futures.

I probably know a little bit more about how the education system works, in Scotland and beyond, but I'm happy to be corrected. Can you point out where my ignorance of the Scottish system shines through, and put me right, please?

It's cheaper to train a doctor than it is to retain a good one. Clever scientists come up with good ideas. The last thing we should be doing is dicouraging intelligence. We need more doctors in the NHS.

I don't mind dodging a bit less tax to pay the bills. 

Soon there won't be any GP doctors . The booking of appointments is rapidly going " on line " Oldies want someone to talk to and soon AI will replace doctors . Just type in your symptoms and hey presto ....this is what you need . The role of the doctors receptionist is coming to an end me thinks .   

Edited 1 hour ago by Stubby

[Mark J]

7 minutes ago, Stubby said:

Soon there won't be any GP doctors . The booking of appointments is rapidly going " on line " Oldies want someone to talk to and soon AI will replace doctors . Just type in your symptoms and hey presto ....this it hat you need . The role of the doctors reductionist is coming to an end me thinks .   

I concur.

The problem extrapolates when the owners of the AI own the health insurance industry too.

 

Surveillance and asset management companies like Blackrock and Palantir (see Wes Streeting, Vance, Musk, Thiel, Mandelson, Farage etc..), do not consider our collective health as anything other than a metric. 

Which worries me a bit. Not as much as it would if I had kids. I'm close to 50, have a fit lass, make decent money, good dog and mean eyed cat, so I'm happy. I do worry for my sister's kids though, as I don't see anything getting better anytime soon. 

[Mesterh]

AI is helping to decode animals’ speech. Will it also let us talk with them?

WWW.NATURE.COM

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The complexity of vocal communication in some primates, whales and birds...

 

"Alexa, tell the dog to fart outside."

Could become a reality.

[Oldfeller]

1 hour ago, Stubby said:

Soon there won't be any GP doctors . The booking of appointments is rapidly going " on line " Oldies want someone to talk to and soon AI will replace doctors . Just type in your symptoms and hey presto ....this is what you need . The role of the doctors receptionist is coming to an end me thinks .   

but I was told there's boat loads arriving every day.

[Mark J]

33 minutes ago, Mesterh said:

AI is helping to decode animals’ speech. Will it also let us talk with them?

WWW.NATURE.COM

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The complexity of vocal communication in some primates, whales and birds...

 

"Alexa, tell the dog to fart outside."

Could become a reality.

I'm deaf as a post. In my early twenties I wanted to create an actual "Babel Fish", but the tech wasn't there.
I had never thought about using it to communicate with non-humans. 

I don't need to tallk to my dog, but it would be cool to be able to tell my cat she was either, mint, or being a dick. 

[Mark J]

13 minutes ago, Oldfeller said:

but I was told there's boat loads arriving every day.

Aye, and they're being put up in knackered hotels in Newcastle. Perhaps when applications are sorted there will be one or two. Perhaps not. 

Stop trying to push a narrative for the sake of it. 

Everyone is fed up with the shabbyiness of the immigration system in the UK. 

Bitching about it isn't going to help.