Mathias Sundin

WALL-Y

🏆 WALL-Y nominated as Innovation of the Year

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.

AI commission

🎙️ Podcast at SvD about the AI Commission

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?

AI commission

🦾 Panel discussion at the 'AI in the nation's interest' event

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.

AI course

👨‍🏫 The first AI course - and the reviews are in

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

Max Tegmark

☹️ Writing about Max Tegmark and Paul Ehrlich in Fokus

In the magazine Fokus, I write about AI doomer Max Tegmark and compare him with the arch pessimist Paul Ehrlich.

Course

👩‍💻 New course: Become a centaur

In February, I am hosting an AI course in collaboration with SN7.

My talks

🎤 Mini tour with three AI talks in two days

I was extremely energized by meeting digitalization unit and seeing all the pitches at the innovation week in Lund.

Interviews

📰 Interview in TN about the AI book

Those who become a modern centaur, a mix of human and AI, have a tremendous opportunity.

Artificial intelligence

🦾 Member of the Swedish government's AI commission

The Swedish government has set up an AI commission, as declared by Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson. The commission is headed by Carl-Henric Svanberg, former CEO of Ericsson, with me as one of its members.

Centaur's Edge

🚀 The AI book is launched!

This is the first time an AI with a name, appearance, and personality has co-authored a book.

Energy Society

⚡ Talk on Project Energy Society in Finland

I made a quick trip from a snowy and cold Stockholm to dito in Helsinki. There I gave a talk at Recotech, a proptech conference.

Centaur's Edge

📺 On TV4 about the new book

What it is like to write a book with an AI as co-author?

Kentaurens fördel

📚 Boksläpp: AI-bok skriven av människa (jag!) och AI (WALL-Y)

Välkommen på boksläpp för Kentaurens fördel - så tänker, skriver och kommunicerar du bättre och snabbare med ChatGPT.

My talks

🎤 Talk on AI & fact-based optimism for Stockholm School of Economics network

I talked about how I became an angry optimist, why I have peaked both in career and ideas, and how AI bots with a personality will become a big part of companies' brands.

My talks

🚀 My talk on climate change and space

The notion of having to choose between Earth and space is misguided. It's not merely that we can engage with both, it's imperative that we do so. Addressing environmental issues on Earth necessitates the use of space.

Op-eds

🤖 Op-ed in Expressen about the AI Safety Summit

World leaders are gathering at Bletchley Park. If they agree on strict AI regulations, humanity will have shot itself in the foot. (In Swedish)

Artificial intelligence

🤖 Debating the AI pause at Microsoft's kickoff event

I had the opportunity to debate the AI pause, six months after it was proposed, with Christian Landgren.

My talks

🏗️ I gave a talk for Svenskt Aluminum (and got evaluated)

I gave a talk at the annual gathering for the national interest organization Svenskt Aluminum.

Op-eds

📰 Op-ed in Dagens Industri on batteries in bomb shelters

Equip Swedish shelters with batteries connected to local power production. With Jonas Birgersson. In Swedish.

Op-eds

💡 My tips for the politicians on how to level up Sweden

Ideas on how to level up Sweden. Six-part series. In Swedish.

Op-eds

📰 Op-ed in SvD on AI regulation and AI pause

AI should not be regulated at all now. In Swedish.

My talks

🌊 My talk at Stockholm Climate Week: A tsunami of climate solutions

On why it is wrong to think that "nothing is happening" in solving climate change. A huge wave of climate solutions is coming. Video. Talk in English.

My talks

🦾 My AI talk: Become a centaur - how to use AI to get superpowers

A centaur - half human, half horse. That's how we can think about the new AI tools. Video. The talk is in Swedish.

My talks

💡 My talk: Optimist's Edge with the Angry Optimist

In my talk, I will show you how to use the Optimist's Edge. A tool to find opportunities before everyone else. Video. The talk is in Swedish.

Interviews

📰 Interview in Dagens Industri

After I quit Parliament, Sweden's largest business newspaper interviewed me. In Swedish.