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Chukwuka16:
The UK: a rudderless island finally tipping into oblivion

Donald Trump only took oath of office Monday (Jan 20th) and has just today (Jan 21st) announced an investment deal worth $500 billion into AI infrastructure. The deal involves an initial $100 billion with additional $400 billion coming in over 4 years.

I have said it and will say it – you get results ONLY when people that have defined metrics for results are in charge. If there is anything I have noticed from my years of observation of civil servants, it is that lawyers and doctors within their ranks are the worst administrators – they lack the mental capacity to manage complex systems. You only get a difference if they have run private practices.

No noise, no drama, no media blitz and $500 billion is pouring into the US over 4 years. Compare and contrast that with the contested £63 billion the UK claims to have raised in their so-called investment summit. Lord! Lord! Lord!

Think of all the startups that will be funded across the US (hello Silicon Valley). Think of how this and more will uplift living standards across the US. Already, Mississippi, the poorest state in the US by GDP/capita has a higher value than the UK. Very soon, it will be competing with London!

Rachel from accounting is somewhere in Davos trying to sell the UK as an investment hub based on a survey by pWC while men wey mount dey announce multibillion dollars investment into the US economy. Who survey help? $500 billion and no noise. $500 billion and no survey? $500 billion 1 day into a 4-year tenure? SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son, Oracle’s Larry Ellison and OpenAI’s Sam Altman were there at the WH to join DJT in making this announcement.

Quoting directly from FT - SoftBank has ultimate financial responsibility for the new company, with OpenAI taking operational responsibility. Son will chair the joint venture. Abu Dhabi state AI fund MGX and Oracle are also providing funding for the project, while SoftBank-owned Arm, Microsoft and Nvidia are technology partners. Stargate aims to boost capacity to train and run new AI models. It will initially build a data centre project in Abilene, Texas — construction of which is already under way, according to the companies — before expanding into other states.

I will reiterate again, any Nigerian youth that is unable to find themselves in the top 20 cities across the US, China, South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, UAE in the next 24 months might struggle to offer significant benefits to humanity. My rephrasing means even the UK (London) and Europe are irrelevant.

We are in very strange times with happenings that will shock and awe watchers. The UK and Europe will see themselves ease into irrelevance without DJT stressing himself. We can shout, condemn and talk high and low – at the end of the day what matters to residents across the US is improvement in their standard of living and DJT is gunning for that.

Now think of what DJT’s threats of tariff will do in terms of inward investments in manufacturing. Think of production sites that will open. Think of quality jobs that will be created. Think of the massive growth that will be witnessed across the US. Folks, this is the news that drives the tailwind boost you see in the US stock market. Think of all the unnecessary bureaucracy that will be removed from crypto to finance to insurance to healthcare to self-driving cars to AI etc. This is the ecosystem that supports entrepreneurship and risk. Risk is back baby. Risk is back. Now watch as US begins again to crowd out everyone from VC funds. Think of IPOs that will soon start birthing to enable VCs exit.

Me, my business is how to cash out. How to cash out from the wealth that Trump’s presidency brings is my cup of tea. I’m not going to argue about his policies because compared to Biden, his is working and bringing in the greens from day 1.

Strange times indeed. May it favour us all. Ise!

Treadway:
I don't do crypto

Utterly smashed up economy you mean. It was the main reason baba got booted out ffs...that and their annoying hypocrisy..lol

It was the number one focal point of the election..and the majority agree, but go ahead share a link😂

jedisco:
We are not subhumans. - No human is.

China was like Nigeria few decades ago after suffering humiliation in the hands of the British for centuries. They were able to turn things around in record time.

Development comes in phases and cycles. If we do the right thing, we'd be at the top. We can start by stopping this self-denegration as it ultimately affects your esteem and how you interract with the wider world.

Solumtoya:
So this page is still full of American Political Arguments??!!

I wonder when it will return to conversations around "Life in the UK". Or another thread should be created for UK Immigrants?

I keep saying that this thread helped me when I came but it will be a difficult read for new Immigrants now since it's littered with Political arguments and hardly any useful talk a new Immigrant.

Solumtoya:
So this page is still full of American Political Arguments??!!

I wonder when it will return to conversations around "Life in the UK". Or another thread should be created for UK Immigrants?

I keep saying that this thread helped me when I came but it will be a difficult read for new Immigrants now since it's littered with Political arguments and hardly any useful talk a new Immigrant.

Zahra29:
Nearly every page on this thread contains questions, helpful responses and useful information relating to life in the UK. Some pages are full of nothing else.

However you're never around to offer your expert UK advice and insight, you only seem to pop up to chastise people for discussing global topical issues. We might live in the UK but Trump's appointment has wide reaching impact which we're not immune to. In between these posts, people are still asking questions and receiving support. Live and let live.

jedisco:
We are not subhumans. - No human is.

China was like Nigeria few decades ago after suffering humiliation in the hands of the British for centuries. They were able to turn things around in record time.

Development comes in phases and cycles. If we do the right thing, we'd be at the top. We can start by stopping this self-denegration as it ultimately affects your esteem and how you interract with the wider world.

justwise:
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jedisco:
Alot has been said about AI and how it'd render many jobless. I absolutely agree its revolutionary however history has shown us we tend to overestimate the impact of a new tech advancement in the short-term (leading to market frenzies) but underestimate its longterm effects. Same story led to the internet boom of 2000. Many people made postulations in 1998 of how the internet wuld render postal workers useless e.t.c. While certain changes took place, we still have postmen today. Very few would have envisaged how large Internet based companies would grow, or jobs and future tech they'd create and even AI we have tethered to it today. Another good example is electricity, the printing press even crypt0 - brilliant tech, early hype but still yet to find a widely accepted everyday use case (yes, I'm 'invested')


I work with lots of AI models and have found them to be mind-blowing at times. Healthcare is heavily targeted with AI as funding is government backed, services need to cater to millions and our systems move slowly. So as a tech coy, once you get some buy-in you're almost sure you have lifetime customers. I use an AI scribe that helps write up my notes, write referrals e.t.c. Its good- can it replace a practice secretary? Not yet but time would tell. Some have said it might replace healthcare professionals- again, time would tell. I have recently used AI to analyse a 30 page contract I'm previewing. The intriguing thing about AI is that the version used today is likely to be the least advanced version one would ever use. All said, I think it'd be a feature to enable us improve productivity as a stop gap for our declining demography. Only downside, is that it can't consume- it may need electricity and a few chips but its not getting groceries, eating out, going to dinner e.t.c. It can't produce the demand capitalism feeds off.


With AI, I'm taking it a step at a time, avoiding the excess hype but being abrest with it.

jedisco:
Alot has been said about AI and how it'd render many jobless. I absolutely agree its revolutionary however history has shown us we tend to overestimate the impact of a new tech advancement in the short-term (leading to market frenzies) but underestimate its longterm effects. Same story led to the internet boom of 2000. Many people made postulations in 1998 of how the internet wuld render postal workers useless e.t.c. While certain changes took place, we still have postmen today. Very few would have envisaged how large Internet based companies would grow, or jobs and future tech they'd create and even AI we have tethered to it today. Another good example is electricity, the printing press even crypt0 - brilliant tech, early hype but still yet to find a widely accepted everyday use case (yes, I'm 'invested')


I work with lots of AI models and have found them to be mind-blowing at times. Healthcare is heavily targeted with AI as funding is government backed, services need to cater to millions and our systems move slowly. So as a tech coy, once you get some buy-in you're almost sure you have lifetime customers. I use an AI scribe that helps write up my notes, write referrals e.t.c. Its good- can it replace a practice secretary? Not yet but time would tell. Some have said it might replace healthcare professionals- again, time would tell. I have recently used AI to analyse a 30 page contract I'm previewing. The intriguing thing about AI is that the version used today is likely to be the least advanced version one would ever use. All said, I think it'd be a feature to enable us improve productivity as a stop gap for our declining demography. Only downside, is that it can't consume- it may need electricity and a few chips but its not getting groceries, eating out, going to dinner e.t.c. It can't produce the demand capitalism feeds off.


With AI, I'm taking it a step at a time, avoiding the excess hype but being abrest with it.

Goodenoch:
It appears that the sheer incompetence in Badenough's leadership and how she fails embarrasingly at every PMQs will be the most memorable aspect of her tenure:

Just see this excerpt from the last PMQs -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LM5cPZogVHM

She aimed the International School Lagos was a poor school , btw.

This is a very nice rebuttal of what she said and her whole political identity generally - https://socialistworkersleague.org/2025/01/24/kemi-badenoch-liar-hustler-and-bully/

missjekyll:
She is leading them into a ditch thereby giving reform more ammunition. She is so annoying! Make she de go already make we see road.
Cleverly would be better. Labour needs an effective opposition to keep them on their toes. Bad whatever just isn't doing it

NB: trump snubbed farage at the inauguration, did you hear? Lol

Kenn55:
People like you and your leftist ecosystem are the ones responsible for Trump's comeback. You guys brought Trump back to power and are responsible for the rise in far right lunatics across the western world.
I don't know what you people want to gain by turning society upside down. Name other genders make we see.
You guys have forced normal people to close their eyes and nose to vote for him cos they couldn't stand these nonsense you people are promoting.
It looks like the Left hasn't learnt their lessons in Trump's win. Too bad

Chukwuka16:
The UK: a rudderless island finally tipping into oblivion

...... If there is anything I have noticed from my years of observation of civil servants, it is that lawyers and doctors within their ranks are the worst administrators – they lack the mental capacity to manage complex systems. You only get a difference if they have run private practices.
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Phil46:
Great point! I also always think about the impact of AI on NHS both negatively and positively, especially given its status as the biggest employer in the UK and how the entire nation relies on it for their medical needs. I want to believe its adoption at any capacity would be thoroughly and thoughtfully assessed as any wrong step could have damning consequences. At the same time, not proactively embracing it could also impact/limit operational efficiency and medical breakthroughs. I work in charity, and I can tell you that the industry is risk-aversed when it comes to AI. But being an outsider to NHS, I know my estimation might be off track. But you, as an insider, what do you think are the top benefits and risks of AI to the NHS?

Bwisewiturvote:
I greet una elders
Please I intend to travel to Nigeria in October with my daughter for just a week.
My daughter will be two years in November 31st. Gave birth to her here in the UK and she has only got her birth certificate and Brp.

Please i just want to ask;
Will this trip in anyway affect her becoming citizen after the required 7 years?

After 7 years she will qualify for ILR first and then can apply for citizenship a year later.
A 1 week absence is fine as it doesn't violate the continuous residence test.


Also can we fly (to n fro) with just her brp/birth certificate without a Nigeria passport as she hasn't got one at the moment.

No. She will need a valid passport to re enter the UK. A BRP proves residence status in the UK, it isn't a travel document

Also learnt kids less than 2 years do not or pay lesser flight fare? Is this correct?

Lastly, how do I go about getting her a passport as soon as I can?
To enable me book ahead of time and get a reasonable pocket friendly flight ticket,

Meanwhile can I book our flight now perhaps use another form of I.D for her while I process the intl passport coz I know it wouldn't be a nice idea if I try to get her passport 1st before booking coz I'm not certain how long this process takes.

Please guys your advise would be highly appreciated.
Thank you

jedisco:
hmm.. Interesting take. Your post occurred to me again. It appeared a number of moderate folks voted Trump as they felt left-leaning ideologies had gone too far.

jedisco:
AI we know is still largely new and fastly growing- too early to determine the benefits but one thing is sure, it would greatly improve productivity.

For advantages:
So far, it has been good when employed in very specific areas where specific outcomes are sought. Its also good for summmarising pieces of data into something coherent and actionable. Another is that newer AI models are very good with accents and such brilliant in a multicultural society. Using chat GPT and your google voice assitant for example- the difference is clear. I also understand that some studies have shown certain models are pretty good in interpreting xrays- but this was on chest x-rays alone.If that could be replicated widely, it can free-up radiologist to interpret more somplex scans/CT's. Of late, models are increasingly being used as scribes/dictaphones by clinicians which saves time and mean you dont have to type and speak. Of course- this is not exhaustive.

missjekyll:
I thought Children ,since 1983, take on the visa status of both their parents . Unless they are 7 and above ,in which case they are eligible for ilr in their own right. What sort of stay does OP and partner have?

Correct me if I m wrong.

Saccharine:
Please which a*i* scribe do you use for letters?

missjekyll:
I thought Children ,since 1983, take on the visa status of both their parents . Unless they are 7 and above ,in which case they are eligible for ilr in their own right. What sort of stay does OP and partner have?

Correct me if I m wrong.

Goke7:
It had nothing to do with left leaning ideologies bruv those are dumb excuses.