The angry optimist

About the AI Commission, wings for human ability, and how we can become centaurs.

Turning Broadband Jesus into AI Jesus?

Less than 24 hours in the US, but managed to give three talks at UNC Chapel Hill.

At Pet Valu, a billion dollar Canadian pet retailer, I had an op-paw-tunity to unleash a fur-tastic AI training session for the company's top dogs.

Illustrator Henrik Tamm made a strong statement in Svenska Dagbladet, arguing that generative AI is theft, and moreover, it should not be allowed for use by people who lack talent. I wrote a response.

Swedish companies benefit from becoming better at managing the AI tools available. Magasin T: has met tech optimist Mathias Sundin. He warns of slow AI development, the risk of being overtaken by other countries, and advocates an AI check for all citizens.

Pushing back against Max Tegmark's three main arguments why AI will kill us all.

Slow progress is more risky as it makes humanity more vulnerable to both natural and human-made dangers, without the tools to prevent or counter them.

Training staff from the EEAS, the EU's diplomatic arm, in how to use AI.

Generative AI will be as important as the internet. For Sweden to benefit from it, we must stop producing world-leading AI pessimists and instead find the AI evangelists.

Each year the Newspaper Publishers Association organize the Newspaper of the Year awards, celebrating excellence across several categories. This year, my creation WALL-Y, is nominated in the category Innovation of the Year.

How is Sweden positioning itself in the era of AI? Is there anything we can do to assume a leadership position in this field, similar to during the IT boom of the 90s?

Sweden should invest in that, the usage. For example, through an AI deduction, or an AI voucher. Every Swede gets a few hundred kronor each month to buy AI services with.

"A day to remember, one of those that not just 'nudges' lightly but actually pushes life into a new phase."