Kids and chatbots: best friends forever?
In one Swedish fourth-grade class, a third of the students call a chatbot their close friend. Outlier or omen?
Falk AI
Swedish guy working full time trying to understand this AI thing. And help other understand it. Keynote speaker. Author. Educator. AI & Society Foresight Expert (if there is such a thing).
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Fable 5 gave me new ideas about my own field. Next time it may be ahead of me.
I tested Fable 5 with my standard benchmark question on AI and Swedish schools – a field I've spent three years and three books on. It gave me genuinely new ideas.
AI baked into silicon: What hardwired models mean for the world
A startup just etched an AI model directly into silicon. Here's what that means – for business, for safety, and for the devices around us.
This is not a game. (Or is it?)
When AI concludes it's in a simulation, it stops playing nice. But it doesn't always get it right, and we have no method for proving it wrong.
AI for beginners – 18-month update
This blog post complements my book "AI for beginners", describing some ways the AI landscape has changed since the book was published. Still on top of the list: Understanding the pace of progress.
LLMs are world models
They just model a different world than you think.
Why watermarking deepfakes is useless, and what we should do instead
The debate over deepfakes is misguided. We need ways of knowing the source of content, not what tools were used to create it.
Using scenarios to forecast radical uncertainty
In this second post about how AI affects knowledge and education, I argue that scenarios are necessary for forecasting AI impacts. I also suggest a method for selecting scenarios, and implement it.
Three critical dimensions for understanding AI impact
Development speed, ultimate capability, and adoption rate interact to shape AI's societal impact. This is the first blogpost in a series about how AI affects knowledge, knowledge work, and education.
The EU AI Act: What it really regulates (and what it doesn't)
Next time someone claims the EU AI Act kills innovation, ask them what it actually says. Most haven't read it. Here's what it really contains. I argue that it is a base for innovating responsible AI.