I don't like him, or what he did to Labour, but he ain't wrong, here.

I'm all for it... in principle. An actual public-service answer to for-profit LLMs should absolutely be an option, if not the go-to solution. But given our UK leadership and their flagrant disregard of said public, I'm not so sure.

London is an AI research hotspot, which is great, sure, but that's also what I'm worried about. The current state apparatus lends itself to a culture of dictatorship by consultancy, which ultimately stifles public interest and agency.

People really need to chill with this argument. Without heavy qualification, it's just as misinformed as the mainstream perception if how AI art works. We aren't all trust fund babies - nowhere fucking near, lol. Is this a US thing?

Real talk! Pursuit of money (at any point, but especially at this one in history) just feels like a race to the bottom. We have to focus on being ourselves and doing right by others - switching lanes to make a couple extra quid for five years just won't cut it. But I'm just a talking avatar, so who knows? All the best on your journey, squire!

Yes.

I went to uni to study animation (CG, but with traditional fundamentals and a couple of liberal arts modules). I've never used my degree in a professional context, though I do intend to (save the laughs lol). Here's why.

Higher education wasn't always about money. It was about the pursuit of knowledge. At first it was considered a godly endeavour, then a mark of social refinement. Cue the Industrial Revolution, and from there you have your three "R"s. What I'm trying to say is that the world hasn't always looked like this. Society isn't static, and never will be.

The simple fact of the matter is that, eventually, AI will outperform us in all respects. Talking careers and the like is pointless, because those might not exist by the end of the century, if not sooner. However, at least until the onset of AGI/ASI, we will share this space. I've heard ML/neural network experts debunk the misconception that AI and human intelligence work identically, so our input and perspective, especially as meat-bound humans, may still yield material value to society.

But that's besides the point. What if you are "obsolete"? Would you lose interest in engineering just because they outclass you? You'll never be the best at anything, my friend. Life isn't a competiton: the race was created by Man. AI just might lay waste to it, and maybe, just maybe, we'll finally get along, pursuing our little passions while this potential most magnificent mind solves the problems too big for us.

Tl;dr: If you love what you do, don't stop. Find reasons to continue. If not, pursue what gets you up in the morning and enjoy the ride :)

'Cuz I've just finished my shift and I've got thirteen minutes to rush home and get baked lol!

Forgive the curt tone, but we cannot sit on our arses with this one. Learning as much as we can in as many fields as we can, and organising to ensure that the progress is shared instead of hoarded is crucial.

Barring that, I'm gonna say... in just under two hours, lol.