Artificial intelligence - The angry optimist

AI talks at University of North Carolina

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

🐶 Adding AI value to Pet Valu

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.

Op-eds

🗞️ Generative AI is not the same thing as stealing

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.

Interviews

🎙️ Interview in Magasin T: "Everyone can learn the benefits of AI"

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.

Artificial intelligence

❌ In Quillette: Why Max Tegmark is wrong on AI doom

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

Op-eds

⏩ In Expressen: Fast progress is safer than slow

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.

AI masterclass

👨‍🏫 AI masterclass for EU staff in Sarajevo

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

Artificial intelligence

☹️ In DI: Sweden is hurt by AI pessimists

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.

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.

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.

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.