Jimmy Carr
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I had a gag about it, like a bit about in our universities, the students are using AI to write their essays, and then the tutors are using AI to mark the essays. And then after three years, AI gets the job. It actually seems very fair.
I had a gag about it, like a bit about in our universities, the students are using AI to write their essays, and then the tutors are using AI to mark the essays. And then after three years, AI gets the job. It actually seems very fair.
Well, I wonder what will change. I'm very optimistic, right? So 120 years ago, 95% of the population worked in agriculture and they worked 16 hours a day and it was a very, very tough life. And then we moved to the cities and we worked in factories and the unions, they don't get the credit they deserve. They gave us the weekend and now we think human beings work five days and we have two days off.
Well, I wonder what will change. I'm very optimistic, right? So 120 years ago, 95% of the population worked in agriculture and they worked 16 hours a day and it was a very, very tough life. And then we moved to the cities and we worked in factories and the unions, they don't get the credit they deserve. They gave us the weekend and now we think human beings work five days and we have two days off.
Well, I wonder what will change. I'm very optimistic, right? So 120 years ago, 95% of the population worked in agriculture and they worked 16 hours a day and it was a very, very tough life. And then we moved to the cities and we worked in factories and the unions, they don't get the credit they deserve. They gave us the weekend and now we think human beings work five days and we have two days off.
That's the world, right? But it's different. It's changing now. It's like it's going to change again. And we'll look back and go, I mean, we're incredibly privileged that we're born right now.
That's the world, right? But it's different. It's changing now. It's like it's going to change again. And we'll look back and go, I mean, we're incredibly privileged that we're born right now.
That's the world, right? But it's different. It's changing now. It's like it's going to change again. And we'll look back and go, I mean, we're incredibly privileged that we're born right now.
Come on, Marshall McLuhan.
Come on, Marshall McLuhan.
Come on, Marshall McLuhan.
Well, I love that thing with that book, The Beginning of Infinity. I can't get over that.
Well, I love that thing with that book, The Beginning of Infinity. I can't get over that.
Well, I love that thing with that book, The Beginning of Infinity. I can't get over that.
Who wrote that? It's The Beginning of Infinity. I think it's David Deutsch. And it's the... Can you... Yeah. What's the beginning of the book? So the idea of The Beginning of Infinity is that if we can get through this... phase in humanity, right? There's been 100 billion people so far, 110 billion. There's 9 billion at the moment, 8 billion, 9 billion.
Who wrote that? It's The Beginning of Infinity. I think it's David Deutsch. And it's the... Can you... Yeah. What's the beginning of the book? So the idea of The Beginning of Infinity is that if we can get through this... phase in humanity, right? There's been 100 billion people so far, 110 billion. There's 9 billion at the moment, 8 billion, 9 billion.
Who wrote that? It's The Beginning of Infinity. I think it's David Deutsch. And it's the... Can you... Yeah. What's the beginning of the book? So the idea of The Beginning of Infinity is that if we can get through this... phase in humanity, right? There's been 100 billion people so far, 110 billion. There's 9 billion at the moment, 8 billion, 9 billion.
If we can get through this, if we can get off planet... maybe there are trillions of people in the future. Trillions. Right. Maybe humanity spreads out across the galaxies and the universe for the next 13 billion years. Like the idea that if we can get through this now, this little phase that we're in, we're having a little bit of difficulty here with a couple of possible problems.
If we can get through this, if we can get off planet... maybe there are trillions of people in the future. Trillions. Right. Maybe humanity spreads out across the galaxies and the universe for the next 13 billion years. Like the idea that if we can get through this now, this little phase that we're in, we're having a little bit of difficulty here with a couple of possible problems.
If we can get through this, if we can get off planet... maybe there are trillions of people in the future. Trillions. Right. Maybe humanity spreads out across the galaxies and the universe for the next 13 billion years. Like the idea that if we can get through this now, this little phase that we're in, we're having a little bit of difficulty here with a couple of possible problems.