Higher costs, lower employment, reluctance to invest – Sanjam Suri and Josh Hampson find a persistently gloomy outlook among Scottish business in the latest survey by Fraser of Allander. But does AI produce a glimmer of light on the horizon? Business confidence in Scotland remains weak, according to the Fraser of Allander Institute’s Scottish Business Monitor with firms … [Read more...] about Business anticipates uneasy start to 2026
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AI, Creativity and Humanity (3): Responsibility
In the third and final part of his series, Dougal Perman argues the case for combining creativity and culture with being fluent in AI - and staying human. When it comes to creativity, AI may be a great enabler but it can’t read your mind (yet) and definitely won’t do everything for you. And nor should it. Like everything, you get out what you put in. Some people disregard AI … [Read more...] about AI, Creativity and Humanity (3): Responsibility
AI, creativity and humanity (1)
Is AI as beneficial or as harmful as we choose to make it? We have to confront the harms and understand how to develop the benefits, argues Dougal Perman in a 3-part analysis for Sceptical Scot In his quest for knowledge Johnny 5 devoured culture and developed humanity. When a lightning strike brought the robot to life it gave him an insatiable hunger for input data. I love the … [Read more...] about AI, creativity and humanity (1)
Two worlds collide or stories Geoff Palmer told
Robert Wedderburn came a long way to find out that his father was a bastard. Born in Jamaica, as a young man Robert made his way to London. He was press-ganged by the Royal Navy, forced to fight for the British in the American Revolution, in 1782. After the war ended a year later, he managed to escape from his ship in Barbados. He returned to London to his wife Elizabeth, who … [Read more...] about Two worlds collide or stories Geoff Palmer told