We have a change of subject for June 28th
It will now be ‘sun safety’ with Bob Morris.
We then break for the summer and restart in September with:
Sep 13. Radio astronomy – history and science
Sep 27. History of medicine
Further to the presentation on AI, given last week, we decided to try out the ChatGPT system with some searching questions. Sandy kindly gave me 7 sample queries and the results for the first one are here.
What were the most significant scientific discoveries made in the 20th century ?
The 20th century witnessed numerous groundbreaking scientific discoveries across various fields. Here are some of the most significant ones:
This is just an extract from the resulting query which gave 1000 words in great detail within seconds. Thanks to Sandy for the interest and input.
If you would like to try out the system then login to https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt
This weeks topic was ‘action’ and some really great images delivered.
June 5th is an ‘open‘ subject so lets see what you can do.
On Friday 16th June we will be hearing about the French Revolution. David Ward will be presenting at Kensington House from 2.30 pm.
A full complement promptly hit the road to Cumbria on Wednesday morning. What promised to be a cool and overcast day turned out to be glorious with warm sunshine until our return. We arrived in Kendal for 10 am and had a 2 hour stay. More than enough time for coffee, a spin around the outdoor market and lunch.
Upcoming topics:
May 24 AI – What’s it all about ?
June 14 RADAR with Eric
June 28 Radio astronomy history and science
12 members of the Technology and Science group visited the Scottish Power control centre in Prenton last Wednesday. We were given a most excellent presentation by Jon and Sue that covered topics including the generation, power distribution networks, outages and call centre activity.
We were then shown around the ‘control room’ and given a close display of the Maghull area network by Kevin, who fielded all our questions.
We finished with Sue and a Q+A session regarding outages and their effects.
Thanks to all the staff and to Bill for organising the day.
We hope to visit a local factory in Knowsley in early June so watch this space.
Liverpool u3a are running a quiz and are looking for attendees. Are you interested?
I am, David Coss, the chairman of the Liverpool U3A.
I am writing to you regarding the Network Fun Quiz which we are holding in the Adelphi Hotel on Wednesday, 24th May at 1:30pm. We are charging only £4 admission and this covers the tea and coffee refreshments, the prize money for the winning table and the hire of the room.
It is going to be run along the lines of our previous Network Quizzes which were held before Covid struck. They proved to be very enjoyable afternoons and gave all the members of the neighbouring U3As the chance to meet, chat and get to know what great ideas might be knocking about which one U3A is using to their benefit, while others haven’t even known about – a benefit to all U3As and, in the end, to the organisation as a whole.
Will you please pass this information on to your members and ask, those of them who are interested in attending the quiz, to either phone Marion Carson on 0151 427 0175 or email her at by the 10th May, as she has to give the hotel a fortnights notice so they can ensure that everyone present will be comfortably seated and, of course, there will be enough refreshments to go round.
Thanking you in advance – David.