Steven Boykey Sidley
@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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AI in the Classroom – The Upending of Traditional Education
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September 11, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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...
stevenboykeysidley.substack.com/p/ai-in-the-...
stevenboykeysidley.substack.com/p/ai-in-the-...
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-...
AI in the Classroom – The Upending of Traditional Education
Photo by Element5 Digital on Unsplash
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September 11, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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-...
'...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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The Symbolism, Semaphores and Snubs of China's 2025 Victory Day Parade
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September 8, 2025 at 8:29 AM
'...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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And yet...
#immigration
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The Immigrant Paradox
Both sides of this debate have a point
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September 5, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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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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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But there is a lot more going on...
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Here is where people are using AI in their daily lives
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September 3, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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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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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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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Crypto – Has the Banking Industry Finally Surrendered?
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August 27, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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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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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And no one can be held accountable.
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The Internet Cesspool – Can Those Famous 26 Words Be Changed?
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August 25, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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.
stevenboykeysidley.substack.com/p/the-intern...
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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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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The Trump–Putin–Zelensky Summits: The Limits of Political Abstraction
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August 20, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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.
stevenboykeysidley.substack.com/p/the-trumpp...
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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Creative AI – Perhaps Resistance is Futile
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August 18, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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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The Longevity Gold Rush: Adding Years, Selling Dreams
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August 15, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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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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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The Swindling of Science
Retractions have exploded - what ever happened to the culture of honest research?
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August 11, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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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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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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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Trump - bludgeoning geopolitics with financial weapons
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August 7, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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
stevenboykeysidley.substack.com/p/trump-blud...
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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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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The hardest question - what is to be done about Israel and Gaza?
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August 4, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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
stevenboykeysidley.substack.com/p/the-hardes...
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
stevenboykeysidley.substack.com/p/the-hardes...
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...
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...
Death, Taxes and the Thinning of Global News
Like many of my colleagues and friends who have always consumed daily news as a matter of habit and pleasure, there is, of late, a slight feeling of dread upon awakening.
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August 1, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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...
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...
Remember NFTs? They're All Grown Up Now
Tokenisation is coming fast
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July 30, 2025 at 10:19 AM
NFTs grew up. So what do they look like as adults? #crypto #NFT stevenboykeysidley.substack.com/p/remember-n...
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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But the industry is really just getting started because of AI
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The robots are coming, the robots are here
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July 28, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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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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
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
Artificial Intelligence 1, Copyright 0
I have written previously about the hot war between creators of content and the 'foundation' AI companies like ChatGPT, which hoovered up as much content as they could over the past couple of years an...
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July 23, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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
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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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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What if the rest of the world just says f*** you to Trump?
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July 17, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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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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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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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The Solar Debate Flares Up Again, Hot and Fiery
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July 14, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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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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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This is a extraordinary story of a set of salary offers that that has set tongues wagging and jaws dropping.
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In What World Is It OK to Pay a Twenty-Something Employee a $100 Million Salary Package?
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July 7, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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.
stevenboykeysidley.substack.com/p/in-what-wo...
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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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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Tesla's Robotaxi Launch – Last Chance Saloon?
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July 2, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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?
stevenboykeysidley.substack.com/p/teslas-rob...
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...
Which Billionaires Have Not Bent the Knee to Trump?
Morals, fear and money
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June 30, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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...
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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Can the advertising industry survive AI? #AI
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Artificial Intelligence Slouches Towards the Advertising Industry
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June 23, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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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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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Artificial Intelligence: not as smart as it thinks it is
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June 19, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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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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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Iran – There Is Only One Good Way for This to End
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June 17, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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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