I'm re-posting my father's latest interview on the war in Israel and Palestine entitled: 'Did the Israel Defense Forces Underestimate Hamas?: An interview with a former Canadian ambassador to Israel'

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From a 17k town to a 50k phenomenon—with ZERO budget. 🚀 Just passion and heart. Imagine filling half of Madison Square Garden, but in a small Eastern European town! #FestivalMagic #HeartOverHype

'The World Needs A Global AI Observatory

Pooling AI knowledge, data and models is essential to guide policy and broader decision-making in order to harness the benefits of artificial intelligence and avoid its many dangers.'

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For all those third culture kids or expat-brats like me, this beautiful short story by Sara Freeman was incredibly nuanced and powerful.

Find below a short excerpt below and the entire story here:

THE POSTING

A short story…lnkd.in/gSZPA5Qw lnkd.in/g4CUpjNs

Wise words from a new friend:

'Before you speak (or write), let your words pass through three gates:

At the first gate, ask yourself, 'Is it true?'

At the second gate, ask yourself, 'Is it necessary?'

At the third gate ask you…lnkd.in/giXr46AP lnkd.in/g3f7BrEJ

Ryan Craig on how we need better interventions with outcomes insights for students selecting college rather than more data:

“Let Them Eat Data

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Last month Lumina Foundation president and CEO Jamie Merisotis offered a st…lnkd.in/g3cGchjQ lnkd.in/gtMSPGHn

“Panic:
A serendipity engine: interactive AI Art installation at Australian Cybernetic

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“Time and society provide us with images of the world. Each generation takes the image and changes it, a bit, or a lot. Our images unde…lnkd.in/gcQuu5aw lnkd.in/gWEgrRYC

In search of a cottage for this weekend somewhere we can reach from Toronto - anyone's free?

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Probably the best paper I've read yet on AI regulation:

'Regulatory Markets: The Future of AI Governance

Gillian Hadfield
University of Toronto, Vector Institute
& OpenAI

Saundra
Anthropic

'Abstract:

Appropriately regulating…lnkd.in/gaGJbFEp lnkd.in/gnXBTSK6

'The Next Global Superpower Isn’t Who You Think:

What happens when the world is no longer unipolar, bipolar, or even multipolar?

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Who runs the world?

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All the geopolitical crises you see in the headlines every day?…lnkd.in/gKUw-dFz lnkd.in/g7JtNbTE

' #Education and the #Workforce Committee #hearing covered the emerging shift among #employers to hire #employees based on #competencies —not #degrees .

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This was the first full Committee hearing focusing solely on #skills -b…lnkd.in/g4MiEkMQ lnkd.in/g74TWUqX

Such an amazing year - thanks for your leadership Joseph Lo! lnkd.in/gApGnd3q

'The Last Invention of Man:
How #AI might take over the world.

Aside from their AI breakthroughs, one of the recent projects that the Omegas had the most fun with was planning how to make money as rapidly as possible after Prometh…lnkd.in/gtV9TPEz lnkd.in/gFP3X2pN

Completely agree with this. Kudos to Microsoft our parent company and LinkedIn which adds its own spin to the best #compliance #videos , heck some of the best #training , I've seen:

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'21 Establish a global AI governance initiative

To address the challenges and potential risks posed by AI technologies, policy-makers should consider devoting efforts towards creating a global AI governance initiative. This initiative should bring toget…lnkd.in/grWYj8vt

I’m co-hosting a #Collision After-Party on June 28 (next Wednesday) to celebrate entrepreneurship in #Toronto , hosted by CTM, a 500+ community of #entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs 🚀 

The venue is a crowd-favourite #speakeasy with…lnkd.in/gzzMtcGj ctm.fyi

Friends and colleagues,

SimonΞ is one of our most generous and he and his town need our support.

See below and in this time of need, please respond in kind! lnkd.in/ghbNdWZ7

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Shots of a few of the wonderful people from recent events:

Vasiliki (Vass) Bednar of McMaster University rocking as a new mom at the Public Policy Forum's #Canada #Growth #Summit

@cliffvdlinden of Vote Compass and Vox Pop Labs, @…lnkd.in/gJNmNbgM lnkd.in/gnTsbtYV

ht Adam Leonard
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