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Pascal Bornet is an award-winning expert, author, keynote speaker, and influencer in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Automation. He has received multiple awards and is regularly ranked as one of the top 10 global AI and Automation experts.

Bornet developed his expertise over more than two decades as a senior executive at McKinsey and EY, where he established and spearheaded their "Intelligent Automation" practices. During this time, he implemented AI and Automation initiatives for hundreds of organizations worldwide, driving transformative change across industries.

Bornet has authored three best-selling books: "INTELLIGENT AUTOMATION" and “AGENTIC ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE,” guides for organizations and leaders to transform using new automation technologies, and "IRREPLACEABLE," a universal approach to leveraging AI for personal, professional, and organizational growth. 

Pascal shares his insights by delivering over 100 keynotes each year. His insights have been featured in prestigious publications such as The Financial Times, Forbes, Bloomberg, McKinsey Quarterly, and The Times.

For the past 20 years, Bornet's research has focused on the intersection of AI and Humans, where he believes the greatest untapped value lies. He is a fervent advocate for human-centric AI, convinced that with the right approach, AI has the power to make our world more human: elevating the human experience and making our world more empathetic, creative, and fulfilling.

As a sought-after lecturer at several universities and an influential voice on social media with over two million followers, Bornet is dedicated to shaping the conversation around AI and Automation, and Humanity. 

He is an active member of the Institute of Robotics, Process Automation & AI, and the Forbes Technology Council, and serves as a Board Member or Senior Advisor for numerous organizations, startups, and charities.

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Something honestly scared me today.

I was scrolling LinkedIn and I couldn’t tell who wrote what anymore.

• Same tone
• Same structure
• Same “smart” voice

I use LLMs every day. I love them.

But here’s the part nobody says out loud:

LLMs don’t just help you write.They pull you toward the middle.
And when everyone sounds polished, nobody sounds real.

Your edge is the point. Your awkward phrasing is the signal.

AI won’t steal your voice. 
But it will erase it quietly if you let it.

So let me ask you, honestly:
Are we evolving with AI… or quietly losing the edge that made our thinking ours? 

#AI #LLMs #GenerativeAI #Creativity #FutureOfWork

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This made me stop for a second.

In Japan, every step can generate electricity.

Piezoelectric floor tiles convert pressure from footsteps into energy. One step is tiny. Almost nothing.

But thousands of commuters?

Now the crowd becomes infrastructure.

What fascinates me is not the wattage.
It’s the mindset shift.

Instead of building bigger power plants, we embed energy into everyday movement.

It won’t replace the grid.

But it changes how we think about systems.

So here’s my question:

What other “wasted” human activity could we redesign into value?

#Innovation #CleanEnergy #Sustainability #Technology #FutureOfWork

I watched Jensen Huang being asked who the smartest person he’s ever met was.

He smiled — and refused to answer.
Instead, he questioned the question itself.

He said what we call “smart” — coding, solving complex problems, optimizing systems — is quickly becoming commoditized.
AI already does that better.

That struck me.
Because it means intelligence is no longer about how fast we think — but how deeply we understand.

Jensen said the future belongs to those with emotional depth, adaptability, critical thinking, and the ability to navigate ambiguity.

I couldn’t agree more.
In a world where machines learn patterns, humans must learn perspective.

Maybe being smart isn’t about knowing more…
It’s about feeling and deciding better.

What do you think — are we ready to redefine intelligence for the AI age?

#ArtificialIntelligence #AI #Leadership #Technology #FutureOfWork #EmotionalIntelligence #Innovation #Mindfulness #HumanInTheLoop #AIandHumanity

Innovation is out of control. And it’s great!

I was at the Cisco AI Summit yesterday, and I genuinely loved the conversation led by Chuck Robbins. Especially this sentence from Jensen Huang that made the room laugh first — and then think twice.

Because behind the humor is an uncomfortable truth: most of our companies still run on a deep belief that good leadership means control — tight plans, fixed roadmaps, approvals everywhere, ROI before learning, and predictability at all costs.

Jensen puts it bluntly: innovation is not always in control.
And when leaders obsess over control, they are not protecting the company — they are slowly suffocating it.

AI is accelerating this leadership tension.
The faster technology evolves, the less traditional control actually works.
What scales now is not control, but influence: setting direction, defining intent, establishing clear guardrails, and then allowing people to explore, experiment, and learn inside those boundaries.

If you are a leader, your job isn't to be the "Architect" anymore. Your job is to be the "Gardener." Stop trying to control the shape of every leaf. Just make sure the soil is rich, the water is flowing, and—as Jensen says—don't be afraid of a little mess. A perfectly controlled garden is usually a dead one.

Trying to “control AI” the same way we controlled past technologies is like trying to control creativity itself. It may feel responsible and reassuring, but it almost always leads to slower learning, weaker ideas, and average results.

The question every leader should be asking right now is simple — and uncomfortable:
👉 Where am I still confusing control with leadership?

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She said she’s all natural.

Without the filters?
It’s just a motherboard, a GPU, and a serious power supply.

Love in 2026 runs on drivers and firmware updates.

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I’ve been waiting for a moment like this.

Google’s new quantum chip solved a 150-year-old problem in 2 hours.

13,000× faster than one of the world’s best supercomputers.

That’s not incremental.
That’s a different category.

Their Willow chip ran an algorithm that models how atoms interact inside molecules. In simple terms, it gives us a new way of seeing structures that were previously invisible.

As someone who has watched AI transform software, this feels similar.

A shift in what’s computable.

If this holds, it won’t just mean faster simulations.

It could mean:

→ Faster drug discovery
→ New materials
→ New physics
→ And eventually, new tools for AI itself

AI changed how we process information.
Quantum may change what we can even understand.

And that’s bigger.

So here’s the question I’m thinking about:

Are we ready for a world where the hardest problems stop being computationally impossible?

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Geoffrey Hinton, often called the Godfather of AI, just won the Nobel Prize — and used his speech not to celebrate, but to warn.

The same mind that shaped modern AI is now urging us to slow down and think deeply about what we’re creating.

I find that profoundly human — to build something extraordinary, then question its consequences.

Maybe wisdom isn’t in invention alone, but in reflection that follows it.

What do you think — can we still steer a technology that’s learning faster than we are?

#ArtificialIntelligence #AI #Technology #Innovation #Ethics #FutureOfWork #GeoffreyHinton #AIandHumanity

Jensen Huang recently said he wants his engineers to spend 0% of their time coding.

At first, it sounds absurd — until you realize what he really means.

Coding is becoming automated.
The new value isn’t in typing instructions for machines…
…it’s in teaching machines what’s worth building.

Jensen’s message is clear:
The future belongs to engineers who understand systems, context, and creativity — not just syntax.

As AI takes over execution, human intelligence must rise to orchestration.

It’s not about writing code anymore.
It’s about writing the future.

What do you think — will the best engineers of 2026 still code, or will they design intelligence itself?

#ArtificialIntelligence #AI #Coding #Technology #FutureOfWork #Leadership #Innovation #Automation #MachineLearning #AIandHumanity

The first time I truly understood quantum search, it changed how I think about computing.

Most of us are used to classical search:

✓ One query
✓ One path
✓ One possibility checked at a time

Like sending a single agent into a maze and waiting for it to test every turn.

Quantum search works differently:

- Many paths explored simultaneously
- Multiple states existing at once through superposition
- Entire problem spaces evaluated in parallel

That shift is not just about speed.

It is about expanding how possibility is explored.

From my perspective studying emerging technologies, this feels like a structural leap. We are not just improving algorithms. We are rethinking how computation itself operates.

If this scales, optimization, logistics, cryptography, and scientific discovery could transform.

So here is the real question:

When machines stop thinking step by step and start thinking across parallel states, which industry changes first?

#AI #QuantumComputing #DeepTech #Innovation #FutureOfTechnology #ArtificialIntelligence

This is the kind of robotics progress I pay attention to.

Toyota introduced Walk Me, a walking wheelchair that moves on mechanical legs instead of wheels. It can climb stairs, handle rough terrain, and adapt to environments that were never designed to be accessible.

The point is independence. Getting from A to B without asking the world to be perfectly flat.

I have long believed robotics will not be about humanoids.
It will be about task shaped machines, designed around real human constraints.

Walk Me is a good example of that shift.

So here is the question.
If robots are shaped by tasks, not appearances, what should we design next?

#Robotics #AI #Accessibility #AssistiveTechnology #HumanCenteredDesign #FutureOfWork

This one actually made me pause.

Scientists built a robot made of liquid.
Not flexible.
Liquid.

It can split, merge, squeeze through tiny spaces, and then re-form.
When it breaks, it heals itself.

No motors.
No joints.
No rigid body.

I’ve spent years thinking about AI as the brain of machines.
This feels like the first glimpse of something else.

A body that does not have a fixed shape.

Today it’s millimeter-scale.
Tomorrow, it’s medicine moving through the body, or machines exploring places nothing solid can reach.

That thought excites me.
And honestly, it unsettles me too.

So here’s the question.
When machines no longer have a stable form, what does “control” even mean?

#AI #Robotics #SoftRobotics #Innovation #Technology #FutureOfWork

Let’s have an honest conversation about what “AI-powered” really means.

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #FutureOfWork #DigitalTransformation #Automation #TechLeadership

​The Shift from Optimization to Restoration

​I’ve spent years watching robots optimize warehouses and generate content. Now, one is designed to repair the ocean.

​That feels different.

​Eleanor Mackintosh, a student at the University of Surrey in the UK, built a robotic fish named Gillbert that swims like a real marine creature to tackle the microplastic crisis. 

As it moves, it filters polluted water through a specialized mesh "gill" system, trapping tiny plastic particles as small as 2mm and releasing cleaner water back into the sea.

​While some viral claims suggest these robots "digest" plastic for fuel, the technical reality is that Gillbert is a sophisticated 3D-printed prototype powered by a rechargeable battery in its tail.

​As an expert in Agentic AI, I find the true potential here is in the "Agency." Because the design is open-source, this isn't just one robot—it’s a blueprint for a global fleet. For years, most investment has focused on efficiency and profit. This is a reminder that intelligent, autonomous systems can also be directed to repair damage at scale. 

Imagine a swarm of these "agents," intelligently navigating currents to identify and remove microplastics before they enter our food chain.

​Microplastics are already in our water, our food, even our bodies. The problem is immediate.

​So let me ask you: 

If you were allocating AI funding tomorrow, would you prioritize environmental repair over commercial optimization?


#AI #Robotics #Sustainability #ArtificialIntelligence #CleanTech #OceanInnovation

Over the years, I’ve learned that leadership isn’t about control — it’s about trust.

When I step back, people step up.
When I listen more, teams create better.

Ego limits progress.
Trust multiplies it.

What do you think — is the hardest part of leadership letting go, or believing others will rise?

#Leadership #Management #Teamwork #Growth #Mindset #FutureOfWork

This Week’s Top Breakthroughs You Can’t Miss:
1️⃣ Anthropic’s powerful Claude Sonnet 4.6
2️⃣ Apple going all-in on AI wearables
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3️⃣  Anthropic-Pentagon feud escalates over AI use
4️⃣ GPT-5.2 makes theoretical physics discovery
5️⃣ Figma turns Claude Code builds into editable designs

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AI is not killing art.
It is redefining the canvas.

London’s Frameless museum just demonstrated something important.
Immersive AI and digital projections are not replacing artists. They are expanding human expression in ways static walls never could.

For years, I’ve argued that the real power of AI is augmentation, not substitution.
This is what that looks like in practice.

Technology fades into the background.
Human emotion becomes stronger.

That is the future of intelligent systems.

Now the real question:
Are you deploying AI to compete with human creativity… or to amplify it?

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #HumanCenteredAI #Innovation #Creativity #FutureOfWork

The future of medicine might be something you swallow.

When I first read about PillBot, I paused. A tiny ingestible robot camera that replaces traditional endoscopies? That is not incremental innovation. That is a shift.

Instead of invasive tubes and hospital procedures, you swallow a capsule. Inside, a high resolution camera transmits live video to doctors, even remotely. A specialist across the world can examine you without you leaving home.

This is what I call meaningful AI and robotics.
Less friction.
Less fear.
More access.

The most powerful technologies are not always louder. Sometimes they are smaller.

So let me ask you directly.
Would you feel comfortable swallowing a robot if it meant safer, simpler diagnostics?

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Robotics #DigitalHealth #Innovation #FutureOfHealthcare

This Week’s Top Breakthroughs You Can’t Miss:
1️⃣ Sam Altman’s OpenAI succession plan
2️⃣ AI safety report finds risks are no longer theoretical
⭐ Insights from the Cisco AI Summit
3️⃣ AI catches 27% more aggressive breast cancers
4️⃣ Apple’s $2B Deal With Israeli Startup Q.ai Aims at Hands Free Control
5️⃣ SpaceX acquires xAI in $1.25T mega-merger

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