my painting career went nowhere. time for plan b
CULTURE
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Action Over Thinking: Mel Robbins on Real Change
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SAS CMO Jenn Chase chats with bestselling author and podcaster Mel Robbins at #SASInnovate. Robbins shares: "Thinking about what you need to do doesn't change your life — action does. And it's the kind of action you don't want to do."
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The 2020s Mirror 1970s but at Accelerated Speed
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The 2020s are like the 1970s, except everything happens a lot faster. https://t.co/vxmZ2xazRi
— Pedro Domingos (@pmddomingos) 29 avril 2026The 2020s are like the 1970s, except everything happens a lot faster.
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Japan Trains AI Robots to Replace Buddhist Monks
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This is insane
— Amitav Bhattacharjee (@bamitav) 29 avril 2026
Japan is running out of monks so they're training AI robots called #buddharoid to replace them!#monk #buddhiam #monastry #japan #humanoidtech #humanoid #robot #Robotics #AI #TechRevolution #TechInnovation #ArtificialInteligence #PhysicalAI@sonu_monika @enilev… pic.twitter.com/PSMIs0W5jJThis is insane Japan is running out of monks so they're training AI robots called #buddharoid to replace them! #monk #buddhiam #monastry #japan #humanoidtech #humanoid #robot #Robotics #AI #TechRevolution #TechInnovation #ArtificialInteligence #PhysicalAI @sonu_monika @enilev
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Shift in Ads: Human Teams Face Potential Impact
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Interesting shift in ads. Human teams might feel this.
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Sam Altman’s Record: Money Burned and Promises Broken
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Records Sam Altman might set:
• Most money burned
• Biggest lead squandered
• Most promises broken
• Most nonprofits seized (tie, probably nobody has two)
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Culture Is the Hardest Challenge in Enterprise AI Adoption
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Culture, culture, culture, culture. Getting employees trained, on board, and using them is going to be the hardest challenge. It's just like digital transformation of old: same thing, new technology.
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AI Amplifies Sloppy Communication at Scale
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Too many comms pros were "sloppy" before AI, but now they're sloppy at scale.
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Remix Creation: Reinterpreting AI-Generated Content Through Genre Transformation
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Find a track that moves you and remix. Shift the genre. Change the tempo. Make it yours. Listening becomes reinterpretation. Discovery becomes creation.
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Upscale Conf San Francisco 2026: Creative AI Leaders Gathering
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less than 6 weeks until Upscle Conf San Francisco 2026, 3-4th of June. We have a sick line-up this year, NiceAunties, Nik Kleverov, Paul Trillo, Noah Wagner, Billy Bohan, Henry Daubrez, Dar Sleeper, Martin Leblanc… and more. Upscale is the epicenter of creative exploration,