On 24/02/2016 12:15, Eskimo Will wrote:
But Research will continue and so will IT and system
development although AI will slowly take over some of those roles in the
2020s with full automation of IT by 2030 when machines will be able to
maintain and debug themselves. In essence what I am saying is the MetO
like other companies will only use humans where required. Soon that will
just be in Research, Service and HR management and various business
functions plus the NSWWS (for the time being).

Will
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I don't know the significance of 2030 but I will be happy if the human
race is still in existence if Messrs Trump and Johnson have been in
power in the intervening years :-(
Dave