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Chief of the Defence Staff speech: 'A new era for defence means our whole nation stepping up' (www.gov.uk)

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[–] Zombie@feddit.uk 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Those who know me and Tony will know that we have different styles, but on many matters of substance and philosophy we agree. So while the Whatsapp messages will definitely be shorter and there’ll be fewer of them, there is much of his work that I will continue.

As I prepared for tonight, I studied Tony’s lectures and those of his predecessors. ChatGPT and CoPilot helped speed up the process. There is definitely a formula! A manifesto is often the first lecture in the series and then context – whether it is Covid, an integrated review or war in Ukraine – context drives the content.

I'm sorry, what?

WhatsApp, ChatGPT, and CoPilot being used by Chief of Defense? I know we're a vassal state of the USA but at least attempt to have some form of independence.

If he wants us to step up he can fucking start himself by not relying on American corporate tech for matters of defence.

[–] nostrauxendar@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

'I studied Tony's lectures and those of his predecessors with ChatGPT' gives me the same feeling as when my medically blind grandfather gets into the driver's seat. And he's been dead for decades.

[–] Zombie@feddit.uk 4 points 1 day ago

Fuck me, it gets worse.

While simple, bold statements and timelines can act as a rallying cry, the reality is that it is more complicated than that. Last year Tony explained that our analysts argue that “there is only a remote chance of a significant direct attack or invasion by Russia on the UK”. “Remote” in this context, still means an up to 5 per cent risk, and that only refers to the UK. The world’s largest crowd-sourced forecasting site, Metaculus, suggests there is a 16% probability Russia and any NATO member state are in direct conflict before 2027.

Metaculus is an American reputation-based, massive online prediction solicitation and aggregation engine.[1] One of the focuses of Metaculus is predicting the timing, nature and impact of scientific and technological advances and breakthroughs.[2][3]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaculus

It's a fucking crowd source guessing machine. Clearly ChatGPT pulled it into his speech as a source because why the fuck would anyone of his supposed stature regard crowd sourced data on such a topic as relevant or accurate?

[–] nostrauxendar@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Oh? Like the government steps up for us regular people yeah? I hope every member of our proud, homegrown ruling class gets everything they deserve this Christmas 👍