Ashburnham Triangle Association

We benefit from robots, but what about the risks? When artificial intelligence surpasses human intelligence, how will homo sapiens cope?  Today, gorillas and chimpanzees largely depend for their continued existence on us -  could we find ourselves in a similar situation vis-à-vis robots in 50 years? Tony Brewer will lead a discussion on digital humanism this Thursday at 7.30pm at the  South-East London Humanist Group in the  New Cross community library (details below). The aim is to develop attitudes and standards for coping with artificial intelligence from a standpoint of  humanist beliefs in living by evidence, reason and our common humanity and in  seeking happiness in this life and helping others to do the same. Tony's introduction will cover:  basic technical concepts; examples of present and future applications; risks and benefits. Then the meeting will  break into groups to discuss how to develop the principles of digital hu...

Hello All An Egerton Drive resident was visited on three separate occasions last week from three different people purporting to be collecting donations for the NSPCC. Please be very wary of bogus Charity Callers and if you are at all suspicious of their identity contact the Police and let the Charity know.   We have also been notified of a resident who was approached by two white males offering to clean the gutters. This they did for £25, not an unreasonable amount, but then went on to claim that they had discovered a leaking roof/wall that needed work on. The repairs to the wall are not required and it appeared to be an attempt to defraud the resident by doing unnecessary building work. There were also concerns these men might have been planning a burglary. Fortunately the resident wised up to this and reported the incident to our Safer Neighbourhoods Police. In a separate incident in January a couple of men, apparently from Teeside, disturbed residents in Ashburnham ...

The   News Shopper , February 23, added: Police were called by the   London Ambulance Service   after  a man was found unconscious in Greenwich High Road  at  around 2.15am      on February 17. The victim... died yesterday  (February 23). ...      The victim suffered head injuries after being  beaten  by a number  of     men, some reported to be using blunt  objects, police say. Flowers left in Greenwich High Road where Jozef Boci was found Jozef Boci's picture among the flowers

Ellie Brown of Ashburnham Grove says: 'Come and join us this Sunday for the grand opening of the new Market Studios, our Pilates & Fitness Studio in the heart of Greenwich Market.  Pop in and have a nose any time from  11am - 3pm, Sunday 25th February,  in  Durnford Street, SE10 9HZ.'

Sara Emanuel says: 'It's time to blow out the cobwebs. Can you join us for the first gardening session of the year  on Sunday  25th February at 10am? We go home at 12 noon. There'll be a nice cuppa to warm us up, as the staff at number 75 Ashburnham Grove always look after us well. We'll meet there, and also see what the planter in the Play Street needs.' Sara has given us the following gardening dates for this year: 25 February 25 March 22 April 20 May 24 June 29 July.

Emeritus  ATA chairman  Mick Delap is our  ATA rep at Thames Tideway Tunnel (TTT) meetings. He brings us up to date here with progress on the Greenwich section of the super sewer, the pipe designed to  stop Bazelgette's famous 19th century system grunging to a 21st century halt. Dates to watch:   Tuesday 20th February, Mick's talk in Blackheath (see below)                               Tuesday 24th April, public meeting with Tideway (see below) The big red machine has started digging TTT’s been preparing to tunnel the sewer in Norman Road for over a year. Now at last the big red hydrofraise is actually  digging – but  only  downwards ! It'll take another year to drill and line the access shaft, which will be over 60 metres deep, and wide enough for the tunnel boring machine called Annie to be built in it. Then next year Annie will start the tunnelling the act...