Prime Minister Keir Starmer is setting out the government’s roadmap to harness AI to drive economic growth and ‘revolutionise’ public services in the UK, readers aren’t so sure… (Photo by Henry Nicholls – WPA Pool/Getty Images)
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And if it does, where will the money come from to provide for them?
Sir Keir Starmer’s plan to make Britain an AI ‘superpower’ (Metro, Tue) will put thousands out of work.
And if people are unemployed, where will the money come from for their pensions? And benefits? Whatever will this man do next, except try to make a name for himself?Mrs A Hurdman, Erdington
AI won’t solve our problems – it’s just as flawed as we made it
Would you trust AI with our economic growth plans? (Credits: Getty Images)
‘remember the old adage’Those who put great reliance on AI should remember the old computer adage of ‘garbage in, garbage out’.
Flawed human beings will never create perfect computer systems upon which to put one’s entire trust, especially to solve a nation’s economic growth plans. Human beings will likely unsettle the best of any computer’s plans. Jonathan Longstaff, Buxted
‘So’ the Irish started it
‘The original influencers’ I beg to differ with Chris (MetroTalk, Wed) about the use of the word ‘so’ at the beginning of a sentence being American. I grew up in Ireland and starting and finishing a sentence with ‘so’ was common. I still do it. The Irish were the original influencers! Maggie, Harrow
A slap should be reserved for some people…
‘I can imagine a workplace scenario where a slap is needed’Oh Neil, poor sweet, innocent Neil (MetroTalk, Tue). You ask whether we can imagine a workplace scenario where a slap is needed. Yes Neil, a thousand times, yes! Laura, London
Why LA homes aren’t made of bricks
‘You can only use brick in low walls’Dee of Medway (MetroTalk, Tue)asks why homes in LA aren’t made of brick. Answer: earthquakes. You can only use brick in low walls. Terry J, Ealing (Ex-Californian)
Just Stop Oil hit a ‘new low’ says reader
Just Stop Oil protesters spray painted with “1.5 is dead” on Charles Darwin’s grave on Monday. (Credits: PA Wire)
Just Stop Oil have hit a new low with their desecration of Charles Darwin’s grave at Westminster Abbey on Monday.
Members chalk-sprayed ‘1.5 is dead’in reference to the planet exceeding the ‘safe’ 1.5C warming limit agreed by world leaders in 2015.
JSO and similar groups have spent years aggravating the public with these stunts but in terms of getting anything done, they have failed.
Yes, they have got attention, but it’s overwhelmingly negative attention.
The issue is not about climate change denial but about recognising that the actions of JSO do nothing to help the victims of wildfires in California, floods in Spain or typhoons in the Philippines.
Responsible environmental campaigners should distance themselves from these groups. Nathan Hazlett, Sunderland
‘The NHS shouldn’t give weight-loss drugs to people like me’
This reader thinks if people like him can lose weight, they should (Picture: Sandy Huffaker/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
‘Most overweight people are like me’The NHS should not – as Labour proposes – give weight-loss drugs to jobless, overweight people en masse.
They should only be given to people who are at serious risk of death due to obesity, if they cannot lose weight through natural means, such as exercising and healthy eating.
Most overweight people are like me – overweight through lifestyle choices – and we should not be given drugs.
I would like to lose weight and will, when I can be bothered to exercise.
I already eat quite healthily but my exercise regime is non-existent. I just need to give myself a kick up the posterior, to get exercising again.
If I don’t, then I can look forward to continuing to be a fatty. Alfie Mullin, West London
Should Labour rein in tax havens like the Cayman Islands? (Credits: Getty Images/iStockphoto)
‘We’d all benefit from living on a planet with fewer tax havens on it.’Chancellor Rachel Reeves may have pledged not to raise any more taxes but there are other ways this government could increase revenue.
Some of the world’s most popular tax havens, such as the British Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands, are British crown dependencies.
Labour should bring the economic policies of these crown dependencies back under the control of Westminster.
Companies will find another loophole but, either way, we would all benefit from living on a planet with fewer tax havens on it. Sharon, Manchester
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