@boykey.bsky.social
Professor, author, investor, entrepreneur, crypto and AI columnist and husband, father and sometime saxophonist
The first "AI-first" schools have arrived - US, UK, India. The results are generally astonishing, but there are some health warnings - it is still very early days and claims need to be verified. And of course there's the cost...
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The first "AI-first" schools have arrived - US, UK, India. The results are generally astonishing, but there are some health warnings - it is still very early days and claims need to be verified. And of course there's the cost... #AI #education stevenboykeysidley.substack.com/p/ai-in-the-...
11.09.2025 07:26 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
'...implicit and explicit messages are delivered in the seating arrangements, the temperature of handshakes and smiles, who was invited and who decided not to come, and the size of military phalluses on carefully choreographed display.' #china
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Most of what is believed about immigrants is not true - perceptions of who they are and how they behave are wildly inaccurate in all countries where it has been studied.
And yet...
#immigration
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When most people think if GenAI they think of ChatGPT. In fact when most people use GenAI they use ChatGPT.
But there is a lot more going on...
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Over the last few months banks seem to have surrendered en masse to crypto's charms.
But it is (as always) not that simple, because bank-issued stable-coins have little to do with cryptocurrencies as built by the pioneer OGs. #crypto #banking
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In 1996 twenty six words facilitated the toxic mess we now see - hate, hurt, lies, broken families, election interference, depressed teenagers and ruined lives.
And no one can be held accountable.
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Negotiations to end wars are not, sadly, a matter of who was right and wrong.
It is a matter of geography and strength.
Ukraine will have to give up land.
It was always going to end this way.
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Creative thinking stretches well beyond the traditional 'creative' industries - film, music, art, writing, etc. It is everywhere, in every occupation. AI is coming for all of it.
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Money is pouring into the life extension industry. In the last 30 years advances in science and integrative health frameworks have made it legitimate, profitable and....fraught with ethical and economic consequences.
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Retractions of research and academic papers have exploded ( that is an understatement).
Whatever happened to the integrity of research culture? We know there are miscreants and fraudsters all over. But in the world of PhDs/research? #science
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Trump has morphed the eye glazing world of tariffs into a club to force countries to do exactly what he wants.
Drop the charges against my friend, or else
Change your foreign policy, or else
Change you internal labour laws, or else. #politics #trump
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I enter the lions's den here.
The pain on the ground in Israel/Gaza (for both parties) is what grabs attention daily. But there is a much more important question now.
Are there any options at all other than endless war and misery? #israel #gaza
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Do you ever get the feeling you are reading the same news stories over and over again?
You know - Trump, Ukraine, Gaza, AI, Trump, Ukraine, Gaza, AI. Day after day.
The stats back that up.
The news is not as wide and bountiful as it used to be. stevenboykeysidley.substack.com/p/death-taxe...
NFTs grew up. So what do they look like as adults? #crypto #NFT stevenboykeysidley.substack.com/p/remember-n...
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Suddenly robots are everywhere, in every industry, doing work of exquisite sensitive and reliability, and changing employment patterns, productivity and resource planning.
But the industry is really just getting started because of AI
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Two recent court case have ruled in favour of AI against authors whose work has been used in AI training. I
Is that the end of the road for copyright holders? Does IP protection mean anything at all in coming world of superintelligence? stevenboykeysidley.substack.com/p/artificial... #ai
Countries who were terrified of Trump tariffs a few months ago seem to be yawning at his latest round of threats.
Fewer and fewer countries believe this act anymore, and may of them are making their own plans and will simply ignore him.
#tariffs
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When the Spanish electricity grid collapsed earlier this year, the solar haters found new fuel.
In this article published in Daily Maverick today I argue that for all the arguments against solar, none detract from its promise and its certainty
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What is the monetary value of genius? How does it make sense to pay an unknown techie a few years out of college
This is a extraordinary story of a set of salary offers that that has set tongues wagging and jaws dropping.
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Musk has been swimming upstream lately. Tesla even more so.
They launched their Robotaxi last week, their big swing at the ball and the fulcrum on which the future of the company balances.
So how did it go?
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Over the past 6 months we have been treated to the extraordinary sight of ex-liberal/Democratic billionaires crossing the floor to Trump. Some very publicly and some as quietly as they could manage. But not everyone. stevenboykeysidley.substack.com/p/which-bill...
30.06.2025 07:27 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
I just came back from Cannes where the advertising industry's largest global event, the Golden Lions, was held. AI was on everyone's lips. But not that many people were asking the right question -
Can the advertising industry survive AI? #AI
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A bucket of frigid water was dumped on AI last week by Apple's research labs. As smart as they are, Apple found that LLMs collapse spectacularly when complexity is introduced. AGI is not as close as many people think. #AI
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Yes, well, my award and shortlists are for my novels . But we can end this now. You had nothing to say about the article they will be of any use to me (or anyone else) at all. Best you learn how to engage in proper criticism , which I would welcome
17.06.2025 20:33 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Thank you for your comments. After 7 books, a literary award, multiple shortlists, over 200 columns I will be sure to check in when I next write to check whether my 'writing technique' passes muster before i publish.
17.06.2025 20:18 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Thanks for your comments. After 7 books, a literary award, 3 shortlists and hundreds of of columns, I will make sure to check in with you next time I write something to make sure my 'writing technique' passes muster.
17.06.2025 10:47 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
So the world is on a knife edge. There are two extreme edge cases in this war -the Iran government falls (on one extreme) and the US/Russia/China engage (on the other). #israel #iran
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Choose
#politics
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I watched Mountainhead on HBO/Showmax last week. And then the Musk-Trump affair exploded.
Uncanny. The intersection of art and politics.
Why did Musk start this war? Seems like he may have bitten off far more than he can chew.
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