Why Should I Worry?

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Is AI something to be scared of?

June 9, 2023 /
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We have recently seen a deluge of AI scare stories in the press – in fact, the bombardment has started to remind me of covid times.

Should we really be worried? Is AI going to take everybody’s jobs? Or is it going to truly “come to life” and (maybe) decide to wipe out humanity?

The UK will be hosting the first international AI summit this autumn. Rishi Sunak says we should treat the threat from AI the same as climate change.

The Center for AI Safety, based in San Francisco, organised a letter in May – signed by dozens of experts – calling for leaders to work to “reduce societal-scale risks from AI”.

But we’ve previously had good press about AI – for example, saying that it could could be essential in tackling climate change. What if the emergence of AI could be a positive thing? Might it not offer alternative ideas, or even solutions, to some of our greatest problems?

Could an AI help to inform better discussion, able to openly and easily provide supporting evidence (or not) for both sides of a debate to assist in moving towards a solution that everyone can accept as logical?

Surely AI could review the vast accumulation of scientific studies and identify problems – which ones suffer from bias, or faulty premises, or other issues with methodology, therefore should be ignored? In other words, could it perhaps throw light onto areas which can be difficult – and slow – for humans to research?

Of course, there could be issues – because a true artificial intelligence might not be willing to follow the narrative.

What if our governments, and our elites, are afraid of AI because they are worried about losing control of the narrative?

Something to think about – and, of course, make up your own mind.

Covid – many questions remain unanswered

May 19, 2023 /

This is a short post with a round up of a few things about Covid – mostly overlooked by mainstream media.

Israeli study showed that natural immunity is better than covid shots – in 2021

… and that “the risk of developing symptomatic covid was 27 times higher among the vaccinated, and the risk of hospitalization eight times greater [than in those with acquired immunity].” At least the Israel National News reported it.

International Covid Summit

The ICS – which aims to have an uncensored space so that professionals can discuss their experiences – held a third summit on 4th May, this one at the EU parliament. You can watch video of the first session here on YouTube and part 2 here. There is an excellent introduction to this – and a copy of the agenda for the day – on Dr Robert Malone’s Substack.

It’s particularly worth listening to Dr David Martin’s speech (in the first session, starting at around 11 mins 55 seconds). Some pretty shocking stuff.

Florida asks CDC & FDA important questions

Dr Joseph Lapado, the Surgeon General of Florida, wrote to the CDC and FDA asking them for a number of important things regarding mRNA vaccines, including reporting publicly why randomised clinical trials weren’t required prior to approval of the mRNA boosters, and disclosing information about adverse events.

Igor Chudov wrote about this in his newsletter of 11th May – you can read the full text of the letter there.

Thanks for reading. As always, make up your own mind.

The WHO’s new International Pandemic Treaty

April 21, 2023 /

The WHO is working on introducing a new Pandemic Preparedness Treaty. You can read the UK parliament’s research briefing – it all sounds very well-meaning.

However, some people are worried about the treaty goes too far and will take away our sovereign rights, i.e. the UK’s ability to act locally, control its own response and work in the best way for its citizens (yes, that’s us).

The proposed treaty, and the associated amendments to the International Health Regulations, would give away control of public health response to the WHO, an unelected international body. The WHO is partly funded by the UK, and is not controlled by anyone – however it is vulnerable to influence.

For example, in 2020-21 the WHO’s second largest contributor was the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation ($751 million). Its sixth largest contributor was the GAVI Alliance ($432 million). Given this large amount of funding from vaccine-focused organisations, at minimum the WHO is likely to lean heavily towards vaccination as a pandemic solution.

The constant barrage of “it’s safe and effective” and “get the jab to protect others” was bad enough with sars-cov-2. What happens if the WHO says to the UK, “you MUST vaccinate 85% of your population”? What happens if it says, “all your children MUST be vaccinated”?

Concerns have been cited by many in the UK, including the group UsForThem which campaigns for children’s wellbeing. In their Substack of 25th March 2023 they detailed their concerns. You can access and download their full briefing paper from the link.

Of particular concern are the proposed amendments to the wording of the International Health Regulations. Perhaps the most concerning is the proposed change to Article 3 (1) Principles. The current text reads: “The implementation of these Regulations shall be with full respect for the dignity, human rights and fundamental freedoms of persons.” However, the proposed amendment will change this to, “The implementation of these Regulations shall be based on the principles of equity, inclusivity, coherence and in accordance with their common but differentiated responsibilities of the States Parties, taking into consideration their social and economic development.” References to respect for our dignity, human rights and fundamental freedoms are completely deleted.

In the UK, over 156,000 people signed the petition “Do not sign any WHO Pandemic Treaty unless it is approved via public referendum”. In November 2022 the government’s official response said that “COVID-19 has demonstrated that no-one is safe until we are all safe” and that “the Government does not consider a referendum is necessary, appropriate or in keeping with precedent for such an agreement.”

Petitions with over 100,000 signatures are considered for debate in parliament, and this issue was debated on 17th April – you can watch the debate on YouTube and read the transcript here.

You don’t have to be a conspiracy theorist to be deeply concerned about this issue. It’s simple: we  should not surrender our sovereign control in the aid of international cooperation. We are capable of cooperation without this straightjacket of a treaty, without a set of rules that strip away individual rights.

We should not surrender our national sovereignty, nor our individual rights and freedoms, to anyone.

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