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Martin Mazur @mazur.ai · Jun 20

Is Apple training us for a post smartphone world?

@sineadbovell.bsky.social on the hint everyone missed at WWDC - here is what Liquid Glass is really about!

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💡The Apple Hint Everyone Missed

Apple is training us for a post-iPhone world

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Andy Tseng @andytseng.bsky.social · Apr 27

Great perspective from @sineadbovell.bsky.social: #AI isn’t about replacing jobs, it’s a wake-up call for the unmotivated. Those who embrace adaptability and continuous learning will thrive. Time to level up and stay ahead. #FutureOfWork #AIAdaptation

Sinead Bovell @sineadbovell.bsky.social · Apr 27

Those who treat AI as a magic wand waved over passive ambition will easily be outcompeted, even by AIs themselves. The gap between the motivated and the unmotivated widens. The average and the overachievers. This will be true across all sectors of knowledge work.
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AI is Coming for the Unmotivated

Vibe Coding, Cognitive Offloading, and AI's Gift to the Driven

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Sinead Bovell @sineadbovell.bsky.social · Apr 27

Those who treat AI as a magic wand waved over passive ambition will easily be outcompeted, even by AIs themselves. The gap between the motivated and the unmotivated widens. The average and the overachievers. This will be true across all sectors of knowledge work.
open.substack.com/pub/sineadbo...

AI is Coming for the Unmotivated

Vibe Coding, Cognitive Offloading, and AI's Gift to the Driven

open.substack.com

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Sinead Bovell @sineadbovell.bsky.social · Apr 25

Canadian OpenAI researcher Kai Chen was denied a US green card today. She has lived and worked in the US for 12 years.

I hope people are grasping the severity of what is unfolding.

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Sinead Bovell @sineadbovell.bsky.social · Apr 14

Me two weeks ago..
Beijing sent warning shots that they would restrict critical minerals… the signals were clear. Now it’s a scramble in the US

Sinead Bovell @sineadbovell.bsky.social · Apr 4

I think one of the most important moves in the escalating trade war is China placing 7 rare earth metals on the export control list. This is a huge signal coming from Beijing—it’s telling the U.S.: watch out. Rare earths are essential to everything commercial to national security.

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Sinead Bovell @sineadbovell.bsky.social · Apr 6

How we handle AI today shapes future societies, global power, and humanity’s future. Yet, we're doing it amidst rising geopolitical tension, new economic blocs, and military standoffs.

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The Most Advanced Technology Coming Online During Global Breakdown

Tariffs, AI and a multipolar world

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Sinead Bovell @sineadbovell.bsky.social · Apr 4

China both mines them and dominates the global processing and refining, making it a chokepoint in the supply chain. By tightening control, Beijing is showing it’s willing to weaponize that advantage and hit where it hurts most.

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Sinead Bovell @sineadbovell.bsky.social · Apr 4

I think one of the most important moves in the escalating trade war is China placing 7 rare earth metals on the export control list. This is a huge signal coming from Beijing—it’s telling the U.S.: watch out. Rare earths are essential to everything commercial to national security.

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Sinead Bovell @sineadbovell.bsky.social · Apr 1

Who will be the *influencers* of the future? In an AI-mediated world, the signal from a trusted human becomes more valuable as it passes through more rigorous filters. Value shifts from sheer volume and follower count to resonance, trust, credibility and community. open.substack.com/pub/sineadbo...

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Sinead Bovell @sineadbovell.bsky.social · Mar 25

Foreign influence operations targeting Canadian voters are working on overdrive for this upcoming election.
Disinformation is everywhere.

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Sinead Bovell @sineadbovell.bsky.social · Mar 10

Some of the most important skills for the future are the non-technical skills. Reading, critical thinking, curiosity, play, imagination, teamwork.

We must prepare kids to adapt and think critically (and imaginatively) about the world around them. Regardless of the directions technology takes.

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Sinead Bovell @sineadbovell.bsky.social · Mar 8

Uncertainty in energy policy is making long-term investment too risky. And while the U.S. swings between trade wars, regulations, and subsidies, China is racing ahead to scale electrification and grid capacity to meet future AI demand.

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Sinead Bovell @sineadbovell.bsky.social · Mar 8

AI leadership depends on energy. Right now, policy instability is deterring investment in power infrastructure.

High-capital energy projects require long-term stability. If you’re planning a 10-year power plant, but tariffs, trade wars and regulations keep shifting, investment freezes.

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Sinead Bovell @sineadbovell.bsky.social · Mar 8

Today at SXSW, I attended an AI & energy event featuring private sector investors and Texas-based academics. The unanimous takeaway? Policy chaos is freezing energy investment—jeopardizing U.S. AI dominance.

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Sinead Bovell @sineadbovell.bsky.social · Mar 8

Powerful remarks by @profgalloway.com on Canada’s unwavering allyship to America. During the Iranian hostage crisis, Canadian diplomats risked their lives to shelter Americans. “Canada hid us.”

🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

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Sinead Bovell @sineadbovell.bsky.social · Mar 4

I will joining 🇨🇦CFRB 1010 today at 3:20pm EST to discuss Canada’s sovereignty in the Arctic, the increasing military pacing threat along the northern border, and the impact of tariffs on our national security.

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Sinead Bovell @sineadbovell.bsky.social · Mar 4

It’s time for Canada to build a bold industrial strategy and insert itself as an indispensable node in the AI age and emerging Industrial Revolution.

Fortunately for us, we have all of the required ingredients. Renewables, minerals, landmass, strong research community. It’s time to get in the game

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Sinead Bovell @sineadbovell.bsky.social · Mar 4

The threat Canada is facing is much bigger than tariffs. It’s a direct threat to our national security by virtue of crippling our ability to defend ourselves against (active) foreign aggression. Including the military pacing threat in Canada’s Arctic.

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Sinead Bovell @sineadbovell.bsky.social · Feb 28

National security *needs* and competition over cooperation dynamics will deeply influence the shape of AI for decades to come.

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Sinead Bovell @sineadbovell.bsky.social · Feb 28

One of the most consequential technologies to global security is now being scaled during a time of hyper geopolitical uncertainty. Fractures between allies, breakdowns in decades-old transatlantic security packs, shifts towards a multi-polar world.

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Sinead Bovell @sineadbovell.bsky.social · Feb 19

We are very unprepared

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Sinead Bovell @sineadbovell.bsky.social · Feb 18

Thank you!

Sinead Bovell @sineadbovell.bsky.social · Feb 18

We’re on the brink of a pretty radical transformation in our economies—billions of AI agents will soon be transacting, negotiating, and making decisions across industries. Should some require a license?

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Should AI Agents Require a License?

We’re entering a world of a billion AI agents transacting, negotiating, and making decisions.

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Sinead Bovell @sineadbovell.bsky.social · Feb 7

“Whom can we trust with this technology that gives us the power of gods.” - Maria Ressa

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Sinead Bovell @sineadbovell.bsky.social · Jan 31

Instead of forcing all oil to stay domestic, it’s often more profitable for the U.S. to import heavy crude from Canada and export light crude elsewhere.

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