a tribute to the future society
the future society sounds very cool, what is it?
it was a super secret squirrel group which operated in 2019-20 🐿. their mission was to come up with fun demos of new tech to help staff understand how it works and how it could be used in their jobs.
the future society was founded on these principles:
- people understand things by doing or seeing them
- fun stuff is more interesting than boring stuff, so fun stuff will get more hype
- being in a secret group is cool
sadly the group has been largely dormant since one of the key members left when their apprenticeship placement ended ☹
achievements of the future society
- training GPT2 to generate unhinged staff newsletter content and ICT helpdesk tickets. some highlights include:
Dignity at work.
You are our most valuable asset and you deserve to work in an organisation free from discrimination, intimidation and harassment. There are some sessions you can join, as well as a chance to wear odd socks!
Here at Council, we have a massive range of nutrition and lifestyle tips to help you feel more at home. We have tips on breakfast, lunch and dinner – whatever it is we can provide you with the nutrients you need to take on in a week. If you think we've covered the nuts and bolts of nutrition and wellbeing, let us know in the comments.
Take care,
Organisational Team
Stay healthy, do something creative, and remember to bbq a bit
Hello-so! We have something for all of you! We have some recipes for a savoury Indian food, some recipes to make you laugh and a message to tell you when to stop being a lunatic and start being a healthy, frugal little person.
Take care,
Organisational Team
Please could I be given a new hard drive, as my old one seems to be in a hole. Many thanks
Not sure what it is but it has been like this from the beginning internal calls and external calls often the caller cannot hear me and are repeatingly saying hello, hello and hanging up. Very frustrating. Please can this be fixed so I can finally say hello.
I am a new starter with the Council today and I would be grateful if this could be dealt with asap asap as possible. I hope this is helpful. Regards
entered an augmented reality christmas tree into the annual Christmas tree decorating competition. it was viewed by scanning a QR code on the floor with an iPad. people could take selfies with the tree behind them. it had life size dinosaurs wearing hats! 🦖🎅🎄
trained GPT-2 to generate staff award nominations such as:
Chris is an absolute beast. He really cares about bringing the best out of residents. His passion is infectious and demonstrates great empathy for all his colleagues – whether its cleaning the computer or helping with the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme. Definitely are a team.
The ICT team supports the whole team through to the point where the systems can be run on their own and nothing is too much trouble! The team are always buzzing with ideas – even if they are just a few days away from being realised!
the following nominations (straight from GPT-2) were submitted as real nominations. when asked, nobody could identify them as being AI generated:
They are always happy to help. Their dedication to delivering a great service can be seen in their approach each day. They deserve to be acknowldged for their customer service.
The team always presents a helpful response whatever the challenges that the systems throws at them. Always happy to help if you wander down with a query.
historical artefacts from the Future Society 2019 forward plan ideas OneNote
- "something something blockchain"
- hold council meetings in Minecraft (this is from well before the Covid pandemic and rise of online meetings. the future society were true pioneers)
- using GPT2 to write meeting minutes
- machine learning to identify email sentiment and create a work queue that orders messages by a combination of date and anger
- "DATA MASH" (was this the precursor to Data Thing?)
- drones
- simulation of all council outcomes that the public can vote on
- the organisational API, between departments
can the future society make a comeback?
we live in hope
please, misbehave