North Londoners react to AI disruption with characteristic stoicism and a cup of tea

By Lowri Griffiths | Reporting from North London, where chaos is simply Tuesday with better branding.

Sources: Bohiney Magazine | The London Prat

AI Chaos Is Here. Here Is What To Do.

The AI chaos has been explained and the explanation, I regret to report, does not make it less chaotic. The summary is: artificial intelligence is changing everything, nobody fully understands it, several people are making enormous amounts of money from this uncertainty, and the rest of us should probably download an app.

I have downloaded the app. The app asked me what I wanted. I said “clarity.” The app gave me a mindfulness exercise. I closed the app.

A Practical Guide for Londoners

Step one: Do not panic. Panicking in London is considered extremely bad form and will not get you a seat on the Northern line regardless.

Step two: Remember that every technological revolution has promised to change everything and what it has actually changed is which large corporations are very rich. The BBC’s technology team covers this admirably while presumably also worrying about whether AI will take their jobs, which is both ironic and deeply human.

Step three: Drink tea. This is not a flippant suggestion. Tea is a genuine coping mechanism and also the reason Britain survived the twentieth century mostly intact.

The Real Story

The real story, as Bohiney noted this week, is that Britain is navigating this AI disruption at the same time as navigating its own broader decline, which means we are essentially restructuring a building while also questioning whether the building was a good idea in the first place. This is very on-brand for us. We are excellent at complicated situations managed with moderate competence and a lot of tutting.

I, for one, welcome our AI overlords, conditional on them fixing the 43 bus schedule.

SOURCE: https://bohiney.com/ai-chaos-explained/

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