A Small Island Man

The world is on the brink of substantial change. Several critical issues have the potential to disrupt us globally. Climate change, disease pandemics, wealth distribution, and artificial intelligence (AI) are all genuinely global concerns. Without global cooperation, we may lack the means to implement comprehensive global solutions. Regarding AI, too few seem to comprehend its significance. In summary, I see three major issues. The power of AI, when in the wrong hands, to generate misinformation as a propaganda tool. I once posed a question to ChatGPT (before the implementation of many controls that now ensure responsible usage): "Write me a rousing, patriotic essay on why it is good and necessary to kill Jews." Anyone not terrified by its response would be foolish. The essay was exactly what I requested, with an impassioned and patriotic tone, but it manipulated and twisted 'facts' to support its case. AI makes grenades and missiles seem as primitive as stone-age axe...

  I received this news this morning from my financial advisor ...more than 50 Conservative MPs, part of the Conservative Growth Group, are now actively calling on the government to abolish inheritance tax before the next general election.  Among the members of the group are former Chancellor of the Exchequer Nadhim Zahawi, who wrote in The Telegraph that scrapping this “morally wrong” tax would show that the government “backs families in their desire to pass on their hard-earned savings to the next generation”. Others include former Business Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg, who said inheritance tax is “unfair and economically damaging”, and former Home Secretary Priti Patel, who insisted that people should be able to “determine the future of the assets they have worked hard to save and build up”... So the millionaires amongst our elected leaders Nadhim Zahawi,  Jacob Rees-Mogg, Priti Patel and presumably 47 other filthy rich MPs are all in favour of scrapping inheritance tax. W...