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Mikael Svanstrom
7 days ago2 min read
AI VS HUMANS VS CHIMPANZEES – A FACT-FINDING MISSION
Gapminder (Gapminder ( https://www.gapminder.org/ ) is an independent educational non-profit fighting global misconceptions. They’ve tested...
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Mikael Svanstrom
Feb 242 min read
AGI USHERS IN THE POST-WORK WORLD
I read an interesting article by Avital Balwit, the Chief of staff to the CEO of Anthropic. It was published in May, 2024 and it begins:...
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Mikael Svanstrom
Feb 202 min read
THE SINGULARITY AND UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF AI
One of the main protagonists in the book THE GOD VIRUS discusses the idea of a singularity and whether it is a flawed concept. “Once an...
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Mikael Svanstrom
Feb 201 min read
INTERVIEW - MORE TO MIKAEL THAN TECH
A recent interview that was posted on linkedIn where I discuss how my role as IT architect and author intersect....
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Mikael Svanstrom
Feb 202 min read
NIRVANIC - CONSCIOUS AI
There are many different ideas of what consciousness is and how it manifests itself. In the research paper “A landscape of consciousness:...
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Mikael Svanstrom
Feb 205 min read
WILL AI MAKE US BETTER?
I love AI. I love the fact that AI has been brought into the spotlight these past few years instead of hiding in the murky back alleys of...
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Mikael Svanstrom
Feb 204 min read
I AM AN ARTIFICAL INTELLIGENCE TIMELINE SCEPTIC – PART 2
In my first post (ref_1) about this I argued that we hadn’t defined AGI or ASI as a term in a way that allowed us to make sensible...
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Mikael Svanstrom
Feb 202 min read
REVERSE ENGINEERING THE RECIPE FOR AI
There are many words used to define different aspects of what it means to be living. I found one that boiled it down to the basics:...
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Mikael Svanstrom
Jan 132 min read
A Robot Vacuum with a mechanical arm!
I love all the new technology on display at CES 2025. I especially like the weird and wonderful gadgets that are on display. Check this...
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Mikael Svanstrom
Jan 52 min read
Self-validation the LLM way
Are you after self-validation? Would positive words from an LLM make you feel better? Well, look no further than this post! Apparently...
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Mikael Svanstrom
Dec 18, 20242 min read
SVANSTRÖM'S ETHICAL AI CONUNDRUM
Leading up to Christmas, I’m sure you are all thinking about what might show up under the Christmas tree. I do too. And this year I...
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Mikael Svanstrom
Dec 15, 20242 min read
Will LLMs take us to AGI or any kind of Artificial Intelligence?
I know this is an impossible question unless I first define what I mean with AGI, but I addressed that at least partially in a previous...
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Mikael Svanstrom
Dec 8, 20242 min read
THE SPEED OF BEING WRONG
It takes me a long time to write a book. I have excuses, but that is neither here nor there. I write about future technology that might...
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Mikael Svanstrom
Dec 6, 20242 min read
AI AND THE ART OF DIPLOMACY (READ SCHEMING)
Will AI be used for diplomatic purposes? Could that backfire in a spectacular fashion? The answer to the first question is ABSOLUTELY,...
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Mikael Svanstrom
Dec 3, 20242 min read
IS APPLE VISION PRO THE FUTURE?
I recently had the opportunity to try out the Apple Vision Pro VR/AR headset – oh sorry, the Spatial Computing device! I know I’m late to...
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Mikael Svanstrom
Nov 24, 20242 min read
ALTERA AI – MAKING YOUR IMAGINARY FRIENDS REAL
I wrote in a recent post that the aim with AI research isn’t to “…create Intelligent machines that somehow mimics us. We are not after...
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Mikael Svanstrom
Nov 24, 20241 min read
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE – FRIEND OR FOE?
Trailer created using: Adobe photoshop, Adobe Premiere Pro, Runway The Posthuman series is set in a near future, where a new drug...
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Mikael Svanstrom
Nov 10, 20242 min read
I'm an Artificial Intelligence Timeline Sceptic
Earlier this year I did a presentation discussing AGI, what it means and where we are currently at. Personally I’m an AI timeline...
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Mikael Svanstrom
Nov 1, 20241 min read
In the land of confused algorithms
The American presidential election takes up a lot of my time. Maybe it shouldn’t, as I am a Swede living in Australia, but it does. I’m...
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Mikael Svanstrom
Sep 8, 20242 min read
The Posthuman Trilogy is complete!
I have finally completed the trilogy! It is set 20 years after the previous book and concludes Tom and TikTak's journey. This book series...
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