The recipe and instruction for every meal you could possibly imagine are public available, there’s even YouTube videos that show you what to do step by step. That doesn’t magically make someone who is unable to cook into a Michelin chef.
On Diary of a CEO I said plumbers were safe from AI. I was wrong.
Today I woke up and there was no hot water. I took a photo of my boiler, the error message and the pipes. Gave it to ChatGPT.
It walked me through exactly what to do and I fixed the problem. It wasn’t too complex but it could have easily been something I would have called a plumber for previously.
In the future if I had AI glasses a wider range of DIY projects would be in grasp. Either for me or for anyone inclined to be a local handyman.
I’m sure a significant portion of plumbers currently do call outs for fairly benign tasks.
All jobs of the future will be transformed by this technology. The way we are going the most common job title in the next decade will be “founder” and “cofounder”.
I don’t want to fear monger but now might be a good time to stock up on some emergency food supplies if you have the space.
When do people think the cheap compute era will end? The amount of usage you can get out of a £150 Claude subscription is insane.
Saw a TikTok a challenge, $1 billion but you can’t do ANYTHING that would upset your significant other for a year. I would tell them to keep the money, not even worth attempting.
I’ve been thinking this budget is probably the most difficult budget in terms of trade offs in the last 5 years. Good luck trying to raise additional taxes.
I'm at a loss over where the Chancellor can go in the Budget, other than spending cuts.
The pressure from the markets is growing, the pressure on spending is incessant, and the aggressive assumptions from Rachel Reeves about cost savings towards the end of this Parliament have painted him into a corner.
Treasury analysis showed that increasing CGT rates isn't going to raise much tax, and might actually cost it. Dan Neidle's analysis is even more downbeat about the potential in that arena now once you account for the impact of the last two budgets and behavioural analysis.
If he won't touch income tax, VAT or NIC, and CGT won't raise anything, then what's left. I can't imagine any change in IHT after the utter mess they made with farmers. Some sort of bank levy perhaps?
The options seem to be to break a manifesto commitment, or take an ideologically driven step for show that is unlikely to move the dial much. Even if there is an opportunity I've missed, does a Labour party considering re-election really want to drive taxes up every year?
It's not a good place to be, but it's where they are.
‘I know prices are going up so to help you I will make it crystal clear how much they are going up’
This is way better than a reduction in fuel duties. Thank you Andy!
I know people are worried about fuel prices. And I get it. You get to the pump, watch the numbers climb, and wonder why it's costing so much more than it used to.
The reality is that global events are pushing up costs, and families here at home are feeling the impact.
But I won't accept that there's nothing I can do to help.
That's why from today, you'll be able to see petrol and diesel prices on Google Maps, compare nearby stations and find the cheapest option before you fill up.
It's a small change, but if there's a practical way to help people keep more money in their pocket, I'll do it.
I was thinking this.
Surely it makes sense for HSBC to keep wealth management relational and human led. If they make it AI led they commoditise their service and make it replaceable.
AI is commoditising knowledge, it can’t replace the human touch and assurance.
Agree with the prognosis, the problem is the only solution your government have to any societal problem is devising innovative ways to tax it.
I keep raising the alarm bell about AI removing jobs, instead of enhancing them; and companies improving profits but workers losing their wages.
I’m often told: there’s no evidence of AI disrupting the labour market.
We have to shape AI in the interests of workers and the UK economy and not just wait to see what happens - these changes are coming whether we like it or not.
We need to be both pro-tech and pro-worker.
If too many workers lose their jobs and are unable to find alternative work to maintain their lifestyles we’ll have very serious societal problems to deal with.
I have a customer that always pays his invoices on time but completely ignores me whenever I message him. As long as I’m getting paid I guess.
I accidentally used my Claude usage and I feel powerless. How on earth did I function without ai before.
Bro thinks he’s entitled to a 3 bed detached house
I'm 27 years old and I don't own a home.
This is the CHEAPEST detached house in my area is £260,000.
"Detached" apparently now means a few inches of gap from your neighbours.
Who decided this still counts?
£260k for a house that's basically holding hands with the one next to it.
This country is a joke.
