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Probably42 is all about developing ideas, both face-to-face and online and is open to anyone who values balanced and considered discussion to participate and contribute.
Our flagship output is our short Manifesto of Ideas for Society in an Artificial Intelligence Future. This is supported by 25 'Considered Proposals'. These contain some 400 ideas overall.
Our discussions focus on the big political issues and opportunities of our time in the UK. Our aim is to influence decision-makers by contributing pragmatic ideas for improving society.
We are an Independent UK Think Tank operating an Ideas Factory nationwide. Probably42 is not aligned to any political party and is made up of ordinary people, with varied business, science, technology, arts, media and education backgrounds across private and public sector.
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Manifesto for Society in the AI Future
Our recent update to our flagship document A Manifesto for Society in the AI Future is now available.
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Latest Outputs
The three latest Discussion Outputs are:
Thinking About Thinking
Achieving Growth
Irregular and Illegal Immigration
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The topic and associated agenda for October is:
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Probably42 in Brief
Probably42 is an Independent UK Think Tank and Ideas Factory operating nationwide both online and offline.
It sits within the Knowledge Skills and Experience Foundation.
Our discussions focus on the top big political issues and opportunities of our time in the UK. We generate transformative and pragmatic political ideas through a Knowledge Network of ordinary people engaging in well-balanced political debate, harnessing everyone’s Knowledge, Skills and Experience.
Our Manifesto of Ideas focuses on 10 top strategies and political policies with a particular emphasis on ‘Artificial Intelligence impact on Society’, and ‘Digital Democracy’. The impact of AI on society and particularly the work disruption aspect, will be totally pervasive over the next 20 years. Digital Democracy can enable us to be better informed, better consulted and better represented.
Our aim is to be part of that Digital Democracy (or e-democracy) in the UK, by encouraging political debate and discussion groups online and via video-conferencing to address the big political issues in society now and in the future.
Probably42 is a very different Think Tank. It is open to anyone who values balanced and considered discussion to participate and contribute with views from across the political spectrum. Our big ideas groups are very social groups with a relaxed atmosphere and plenty of humour. We very much want to encourage participation by all age groups but if you are looking for retirement ideas and what to do in retirement, getting involved is a great retirement activity and by now you have plenty of Knowledge, Skills and Experience to offer. If you are interested in getting involved in politics in a small but interesting way, Probably42 is for you. You can get involved by commenting in our discussion forums, commenting on our ideas papers or joining one of our Ideas Groups.
Our big ideas groups strive to find solutions to the big political issues in the UK, which we believe will be acceptable to the majority of people in the UK. Underlying everything we do is a set of Values and Principles, which we call Principled Pragmatism. You’ll find an explanation of these Values and Principles in our document A Manifesto for Society in the Artificial Intelligence Future.
Are you familiar with Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy? If so you will probably have realised that the 42 in our name is no accident. We can’t quite claim we are the answer to life, the universe and everything, just probably!
Wondering where to start? Take a look at our Manifesto for Society in the Artificial Intelligence Future (Summary Version) which will give you a view of te areas we tackle and our thinking to date.
All our outputs are open source for use by anyone.
What's New
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Keith Hill → Atul Y. Shetty: Hello Atul and welcome to P42. It's great to have you joining our group, I look forward to 'meeting' you when you are able to join a remote session. I was somewhat intrigued to read your article on being polite to AI, I have tried to do that most of the... more- Dec 7
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Atul Y. Shetty has just signed up. Say hello! - # Probably42 created a new document:
This document was the output of Probably42 Discussion Groups Deep Thought and Zero Gravity. The topic was chosen as an input to the Probably42 Project to build a bespoke version of ChatGPT called the Probably42 Ideas Partner. - # Probably42 created a new document: Achieving Growth – Budget Dos and Don’ts.This document is the output of Probably42 Discussion Groups Deep Thought and Zero Gravity. It was prepared as an input to thinking about what the November 2025 budget should contain.
- # Probably42 created a new document: This document 'Irregular and Illegal Immigration - Innovative proposals' is a 2-page summary of our much fuller discussion document Immigration - Illegal and IrregularIt outlines a three-pronged approach to tackling Irregular and Illegal Immigration withi...
- # Probably42 created a new document: This is the combined output of Probably42 Discussion Groups DeepMind and Zero Gravity
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David Sinclair → Rob Donnelly: Hi Rob. Welcome to P42. I hope you find it stimulating and interesting. - David Sinclair → Andy MacNaughton: Welcome Andy. I hope you enjoy your time with Probably42.
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Rob Donnelly has just signed up. Say hello! - Andy MacNaughton has just signed up. Say hello!
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Kevin Johnson → Doug LITTLEJOHNS: Hello Doug, welcome to this thought provoking space. What a CV! In passing Tom Clancy just happens to probably be my favourite author!-
Hello Kevin. Such a pity he died so early but I have some great memories of late night discussions over his 'sipping whisky'. I look forward to meeting you online next week
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Chris Barnes Happy New Year 2023 to all Probably42ers wherever you may be.
