Easy solution: Mayor exercises leadership, sits down with Council, walks through the path to RPL downtown branch revitalization as part of the budget and planning process. That could have happened 2016-17 when a process was in progress.
This was the plan all along. Turn allies into enemies, neighbours into foes. Give Americans a reason to support Trump's trade and economic agenda by creating villains.
You tell me. It's widely known that a lot was not brought to Council's attention, from RPS to RPL. I learned more in 2020-2021 about what was going on than I did 2016-2020.
There's a decade of reports on that page. As early as 2012, RPL was reporting on problems and envisioning change. None of this made it onto Council's agenda in any meaningful way until after 2020.
Until the KPMG report, there was no signal from your old boss that this was a matter for discussion at the Council level. It was always "wait and see", or the conversation avoided all together.
Mayor Fougere actively suppressed discussion of this matter during his tenure. I was on Council at the time, and only found out in my second term that the library redevelopment process was silenced. This was just one issue of many that mayor kept from his colleagues.
I'd vote for Skynet before I'd vote for these "humans".
Exactly. But the claim that working class people will benefit from AI advances and the replacement of cognitive work with machine learning is beyond bonkers.
Pffff. If we had 30 minute speaking limits the City would enter a new realm of innovation and change.
Why?
I'm so glad we're all-in on oil. It's such a stable commodity for us to depend on, and plan an economy around. Not like the stupid sun and woke electricity.
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Sorry, but what I am supposed to be doing with my time then, if not reading and writing? If academics keep this up, we're going to have custodial duties assigned.
But just think of the tuition revenue and Office of Advancement possibilities!
My employer - a university - gave blanket support for AI, citing the research and employment opportunities. Our senior leaders, all of whom are academics, say nothing about currently-existing-AI. It's frightening.
My hunch is that the folks who insisted that getting rid of John A statues was erasing history support this book ban.
If kids have to be sacrificed in the process, so be it. Anything to get a Shah back in power.
I buy it. Trump certainly has Anti-Christ vibes.
Just call war a carbon tax of sorts. That might bring the Conservatives on-side with humanity.
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Pay no mind to crocodile tears being shed by Saskatchewan RMs and farmers when it comes to proposed utility rate increases. They'll be fine. Increase property taxes on oil company resources to cover the costs.
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A profession AI should actually eliminate...
I hope the AI Futures event sponsored by the University of Regina sets aside some time to discuss the AI present. The itinerary suggests that the three-day event is little more than a pro-AI spectacle rather than a meaningful engagement.
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AI guided.
Well, at least he's honest about the violent origins of "Western civilization".
A century later they'll still blame the Liberals for everything.
Where did we fail as fathers?
By "green grifters" does he mean the oil and gas companies engaged in greenwashing?
It only makes sense that an AI spawned by Israel and the US would do such a thing. It learned from its parents how to think.
I think most universities are pumping money into this. Mine endorsed a proposed AI data centre in the neighbouring community without knowing any of the details.
I'm really surprised that making policy decisions on the fly solely based on a financial line item didn't go well. Stunned, in fact.
Oh we talked about this a lot. The City should realize that the U of R has a solid parking system in place, complete with license plate readers on vehicles, kiosks, and apps.
