# 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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## [Kids and chatbots: best friends forever?](https://falkai.substack.com/p/kids-and-chatbots-best-friends-forever)

_2026-07-03 · Johan Falk_

In one Swedish fourth-grade class, a third of the students call a chatbot their close friend. Outlier or omen?

## [Fable 5 gave me new ideas about my own field. Next time it may be ahead of me.](https://falkai.substack.com/p/fable-5-gave-me-new-ideas-about-my)

_2026-06-10 · Johan Falk_

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](https://falkai.substack.com/p/ai-baked-into-silicon-what-hardwired)

_2026-03-31 · Johan Falk_

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?)](https://falkai.substack.com/p/this-is-not-a-game-or-is-it)

_2026-03-17 · Johan Falk_

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](https://falkai.substack.com/p/ai-for-beginners-15-anniversary-addendum)

_2026-03-09 · Johan Falk_

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](https://falkai.substack.com/p/llms-are-world-models)

_2026-03-03 · Johan Falk_

They just model a different world than you think.

## [Why watermarking deepfakes is useless, and what we should do instead](https://falkai.substack.com/p/why-watermarking-deepfakes-is-useless)

_2026-02-06 · Johan Falk_

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](https://falkai.substack.com/p/using-scenarios-to-forecast-radical)

_2026-02-03 · Johan Falk_

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](https://falkai.substack.com/p/three-critical-dimensions-for-understanding)

_2026-01-22 · Johan Falk_

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.

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_2026-01-22 · **Sponsored**_

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## [The EU AI Act: What it really regulates (and what it doesn't)](https://falkai.substack.com/p/the-eu-ai-act-what-it-really-regulates)

_2026-01-12 · Johan Falk_

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.