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Will.i.am..what was he on about?

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2020yearfromhell · 13/11/2020 20:29

Did anyone see him on Loose women today? He was saying how 2024 will be very different and by 2030, life will be completely unrecognisable from what we know now.
Anyone else see it and wonder what he’s going on about?

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hellymissy · 13/11/2020 20:35

Didn't see it but he's such an annoying guy - he always talks rubbish

MrsPerfect12 · 13/11/2020 20:36

Was he wearing sunglasses? 🤦🏻‍♀️

2020yearfromhell · 13/11/2020 20:38

@MrsPerfect12 Not sunglasses, but sort of Perspex, see through type ones, similar to the ones we had to wear at school in the science lab 🙄

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mrssalvatore14 · 13/11/2020 21:16

He's actually a very intelligent man and I'm sure autistic although I don't think it's public knowledge just an observation

2020yearfromhell · 13/11/2020 21:21

@mrssalvatore14 Yes, I’ve thought that before.

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MrsPerfect12 · 13/11/2020 21:33

How many times did he say dope 😂😂😂

whenwillthemadnessend · 13/11/2020 21:36

He was mostly referring to the retail jobs being replaced over time by automation and how schools should be teaching kids new skills to combat the loss of these jobs. He made a lot of sense I thought.

LintonTravelTavern · 13/11/2020 21:40

I like a bit of Will, he always seems chipper and as though he would always have my back if he was my mate.

I think he would make me a nice quiche, whilst putting some bottles of beer/cider on Ice, before we settle down to play Dobble.

LintonTravelTavern · 13/11/2020 21:43

Oh forget it.

Apparently he had a thing with Natalie Imbrulia.

Tbh if he thinks 'Torn' was written or sung well, then he can think again. Jees.

Im out.

Saladfingersscaresme · 13/11/2020 21:43

I like him and understood what he meant today, he’s a good guy, I understand he does a lot for families in poverty.

Runningoutofnamestochange · 13/11/2020 21:48

@mrssalvatore14

He's actually a very intelligent man and I'm sure autistic although I don't think it's public knowledge just an observation
ADHD. www.understood.org/en/learning-thinking-differences/personal-stories/famous-people/celebrity-spotlight-why-william-says-adhd-fuels-his-creativity
2020yearfromhell · 13/11/2020 22:38

I like him also but was confused by the specifics of the years 2024 & 2030

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hellymissy · 13/11/2020 23:03

He acts like he's 10

waltzeswithsnobs · 13/11/2020 23:08

@LintonTravelTavern That was a short BFF-ship! Grin

user1471517900 · 13/11/2020 23:14

Torn wasn't written by Natalie Imbruglia either. It was a cover song.

(And I liked the Imbruglia version too)

june2007 · 13/11/2020 23:21

It,s well known he is aspergers and ADHD isn,t it. He did a documentry with Joanna Lummly where he talked about it.

LintonTravelTavern · 13/11/2020 23:22

I would still eat his quiche though, as long as he doesn't mention the ex Grin

PomBearWithoutHerOFRS · 13/11/2020 23:32

He might be right. To a point anyway.
Think about the last few decades - 1990 we had dial up internet. No chip and pin, mobile phones were just phones, Game Boy was state of the art gaming...
I'm only (ha!) 50 and I can remember getting a duvet "Continental Quilt" and it being strange and exotic, getting a microwave, getting central heating installed, getting a landline installed - a party line... in the 70s
Getting a Betamax video machine in the 80s.
How much change will happen in the next few years? It just gets faster and faster...

SheilaWilcox · 13/11/2020 23:53

Didn't see it, but love Will.I.Am

He's mad as a box of frogs, but he does a HUGE amount for charities. Not just money as a tax right off either, but setting up STEM academies etc.
There's a fab clip of him on Graham Norton with Miriam Margolyes which I'll post if I can find it.

halloween88 · 14/11/2020 00:07

He was referring to the Sustainable Development goals. Both of those are key years: sustainabledevelopment.un.org/post2015/transformingourworld

SheilaWilcox · 14/11/2020 00:11

Will I Am - Graham Norton

happinessischocolate · 14/11/2020 00:28

He knows a lot about AI and I'd put money in his predictions being more accurate over the next 10 years then any of ours 😁

user1471565182 · 14/11/2020 01:07

I remember a time in about 1998 or something when you could only hear the black eyed peas on obscure skate videos. Now that lego man is on loose women. Whats going on in the world.

user1471565182 · 14/11/2020 01:10

He came through producing rather than the performing side of it so it makes sense he knows a lot about this stuff.

Toomanyradishes · 14/11/2020 01:13

I assumed he was going on about the technological singularity

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