Notes from the TEFL Graveyard

It's not like I'm obsessed with him, but apparently, Sam Altman is now after a cool 7 trillion dollars to make more powerful computer chips, to enable his AI to run the world more effectively, presumably from an extinct volcano somewhere in the Pacific . Is it just me, or does anybody else think giving one person this much power is not guaranteed to have a favourable outcome for the majority? Especially when that person has made utterances such as, "AI will probably most likely lead to the end of the world, but in the meantime, there'll be great companies" * . Well, that's okay then.  Let's just put him in charge of the nuclear button as well , shall we? *  Top 10 Sam Altman Quotes - BrainyQuote

Not a day goes by without Dobber* stumbling past our gate on his daily mission to secure free beer and fags **. The later in the day he appears, the more unsteady his gait, as being a deceptively careful planner, he clearly has a few cans of lager readied the night before so that, when he awakens, he can start the day with a liquid breakfast to ensure his blood alcohol content remains stable . More often than not, his first port of call is the hairdressing salon two doors away, where he will inevitably regale my stylist Gerson with an incoherent monologue and/or rant. Depending on how thin his patience has worn, Gerson will frequently proffer a few notes and coins and ask Dobber to visit the supermarket down the road on the corner to buy him something, anything, on the unspoken understanding that the change will be used to purchase some more cheap alcohol . Cue Dobber stumbling past our gate again, this time heading in the opposite direction with a renewed sense of purpose . As the ...