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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...

Mikael Svanstrom
Mar 3, 20252 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:...

Mikael Svanstrom
Feb 24, 20252 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...

Mikael Svanstrom
Feb 20, 20252 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....

Mikael Svanstrom
Feb 20, 20251 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:...

Mikael Svanstrom
Feb 20, 20252 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...

Mikael Svanstrom
Feb 20, 20255 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...

Mikael Svanstrom
Feb 20, 20254 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:...

Mikael Svanstrom
Feb 20, 20252 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...

Mikael Svanstrom
Jan 13, 20252 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...

Mikael Svanstrom
Jan 5, 20252 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...

Mikael Svanstrom
Dec 18, 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...

Mikael Svanstrom
Dec 15, 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...

Mikael Svanstrom
Dec 8, 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,...

Mikael Svanstrom
Dec 6, 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...

Mikael Svanstrom
Dec 3, 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...

Mikael Svanstrom
Nov 24, 20242 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...

Mikael Svanstrom
Nov 24, 20241 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...

Mikael Svanstrom
Nov 10, 20242 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...

Mikael Svanstrom
Nov 1, 20241 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...

Mikael Svanstrom
Sep 8, 20242 min read
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