As one of the pioneers of computing Alan Turing called it, "The Imitation Game", that is to say what appears to be human but isn't. He introduced the Turing Test, as you know, where a human communicating with another human and a computer independently would not know which was which, they could not say which one was the computer. There are now computers that pass this test.

This in my opinion does not make the machine conscious, sentient, aware, they remain a machine. The machine follows a set of instructions, bases decisions on those instructions, and is machine learning the same as human learning is still a deep question. The importance of these machines is the speed in which they analyse data, no one human could ever do that in a lifetime. This does make them better than us only faster. There use in the medical field is proving to be game changing. I just heard on our UK tv news AstraZeneca the Oxford based company that developed the Covid 19 vaccine, has developed a vaccine for Ebola in 6 weeks which went in to human Clinical trials this week. Giving those in the Democratic Republic of the Congo hope of protection from this deadly disease of no known cure which is raging there. According to the news, this was developed by human scientists using AI. How AI is developed should be addressed by governments.

(PS. I still need to borrow the soldering the iron. )

Put some music on very loud, you will soon have the neighbours round for a chat.

No doesn't affect me.





On a more serious note, any one yawning usually sets me off, maybe its an old age thing in my case.

Probably to make the system appear more 'user friendly', rather than a deliberate deception. These systems will never be sentient, conscious, think for themselves, or be aware of there surroundings as we are, they are no more than very sophisticated machines. Can they go wrong, of course they can, more likely as a result of human failings. At the end of the day these machines are following a set of instructions, these instructions may be very complex, but it is not free thought.

Trust. There are different levels of trust, for example you would not trust everyone with your life. In my opinion trust is built up over time, you have some trust in them at the beginning and the level of trust increases as you get to know them, some would say that they earn the trust. Once trust is broken, its very hard to see how it would be regained, and in a romantic relationship it maybe impossible.

No use. There's no more room, too full of Mingle2 members, did someone shout its Happy Hour!

I frequently talk with my daughter and family in Australia using WhatsApp, saves a lot of money when the calls are free. I would be careful going off Mingle2 website to chat with people I have never met. Never used Telegram so I cannot comment on it.

Every one is off to Zee's pub, wait for me!

Sure do.



We love it!

I guess it is the couple that decide what is best for them. There are so many negatives with a big age difference, they should have a long courtship and experience the negatives and reactions they will receive from family and friends which for the most part will be negative, before marriage. They need to consider a lot more than a couple of similar ages, do they want children for example, the age of one of them may make it impossible unless they are prepared to adopt, or a surrogate, or sperm donor. Yes they would face many negatives which would need to be carefully thought about.

No, you are right, but what it does show is that not ALL people see age difference as a barrier. There are a lot more important characteristics that people look for in a serious relationship in my opinion.

STOP PRESS.

Father of eight Mick Jagger, 82, is engaged to 39-year-old former ballerina Melanie Hamrick (Getty).

Mick believes age is just a number.

Certainly makes us wiser for sure.

My advice would be to forget sending pictures because they ask for them, keep the chat just long enough for you to feel comfortable in agreeing to meet them for a coffee in the day time and in the town centre. Scammers will not want to meet you, only those with a real interest in you, and you will both find out over a coffee if you want to go on a date together, if not, you thank them for meeting up and leave. Saves spending time chatting online with the game players. Good luck in your search.

Is anyone really happy when you look what is happening in the world today, the wars raging in so many places, extreme weather events and the concerns of climate change. More close to home, and things we can do, I think happiness is a goal, and we are all different on what makes us happy. At least if we are not unhappy we are on a winner in my opinion.

The Hound of the Baskervilles.

A legend of a giant hound loose on the moors, and the curse on the Baskerville family, provides the mystery surrounding the recent violent death of Sir Charles Baskerville. The arrival of the new heir from America, his nephew Sir Henry Baskerville, must be protected from the curse. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are hired to investigate this deadly family curse, and protect the new heir to the Baskerville estate.

I enjoy the many Sherlock Holmes stories.

We are all strangers here, you can speak freely we are all listening.

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