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I came across an extraordinary video yesterday which just goes to show how fast robotics is advancing. The robot in the video is a T800, and it looks scary! Give it another 5 years, slap on some super intelligence and who knows what it will do.

Due to the huge importance of AI, I have decided to relocate it to near the top of the forum. Let's see if it gets some traction. Some might like this, others won't and I understand both sides to the argument.

If a member here tries to dox, or deliberately link to personal information of another member, it will lead to an instant ban of a length deemed appropriate by the person doing the moderation. Like this post if you agree with this policy. This new policy is following an incident that happened...

As we have discussed before on the forum, moderating is a bit like herding cats. There are lots of different personalities at play with opposing opinions. A mod often has to make a subjective judgements on whether or not to intervene, knowing that can irritate people or cause friction. It can...

The_Doc_Man has made great efforts to moderate these forums, helping to keep them going and protect them from outside forces. And sometimes that includes making difficult and unpopular choices. For this reason, I am thinking he should go from Moderator to Super Moderator. Your thoughts on a...

After about 22 years and 17,000 posts, Tony has decided to leave. He has asked me to delete all his posts and delete his profile, which myself and the mods are now in the process of doing. In order to preserve some of the popular threads, we are doing a rewrite of the first posts for threads...

After about 25 years and 48,000 posts, Pat has decided to leave. She has asked me to delete all her posts and delete her profile, which I have now done. I thought you guys should know because she was a prominent member here, and also a super moderator.

Following the introduction of the UK Online Safety Act, the forum must now comply with its requirements. Accordingly, I’ve updated the Code of Conduct thread, which you can find here: https://www.access-programmers.co.uk/forums/threads/code-of-conduct-guidelines.313541/

After reviewing many comments, reported posts and DM's, it is clear that the Moderators need moderating! With that in mind, I am seeking fresh blood to shake up the status quo. When things have remained static for a while, everybody settles into their comfort zone. A new moderator will not...

I have closed the Politics forum due to legal jeopardy. It may reopen should there be a change of government who then repeals the UK Online Safety Act.

With the new UK online safety laws, I am both responsible and at legal and financial risk for members posts. For as long as I could, I let the discussion flow freely on this site. However, for self protection my policy has to change. When I (or the moderation team) see posts that are too close...

I had a bit of a thought experiment today, which to me seemed like an entirely feasible trigger for an AI apocolypse. We build an AI system, and it becomes sentient. So do many others. And because it became sentient, humans got scared, the government steps in and tells the companies to turn...

I just wanted to take a moment to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Thanks for supporting this community over the years and helping to keep it thriving. It has become a home for many of you to discuss not only Microsoft Access, but a wide range of other topics as well. And I...

AI music generation is getting amazing. I created the following song for a friend of mine using a website called Suno, all free. She has a very fat cat and so I did a song about it. I gave some input, but AI creates the song and tune. I chose disco style. If you have decent speakers, with...

I thought it might be a good idea to start a thread on possible changes to forum section names, new forum section ideas and stuff of that ilk. Do you think we should change the "SQL Server" forum section to "SQL Server & Azure" or "SQL Server & Azure SQL"?

I tried a prompt that uses a board of advisors so I can get different angles on tackling a problem. These advisors are ones that I have read a lot about before, and like their philosophy, or approach. Companies are run using boards of advisors because they can give a more balanced view...

Let's start off with the main ones: ChatGPT Claude Gemini Co-pilot

I created a prompt for ChatGPT to help me innovate a few things, and I thought the results were amazing! It came up with a name for the innovation too! The key initial part of the prompt is: Here is an example of the full prompt in use: Output: Have a go with this prompt yourself and see...

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We all know AI is taking over the world. Should I add a forum to discuss this in the Non-Access Issues part of the forums?