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Mathias Sundin 2 min read

πŸ’‘ Musings of the Angry Optimist: A robot with ChatGPT

A robot that can pick up trash, while reasoning why it chose to give a human an apple. The robot Figure One uses ChatGPT to talk and listen, while performing physical tasks.

Mathias Sundin 4 min read

🦾 AI will not lead to mass unemployment (but something much bigger will happen)

Economics professor David Autor disputes the AI experts who believe that AI will lead to mass unemployment.

Mathias Sundin 7 min read

☠️ One year after the near-death experience: How are things going?

A year ago, we were close to dying. But we are clearly still here. But how are we doing and how are things going?

Mathias Sundin 3 min read

πŸ€” Wasn't China supposed to invent ChatGPT? That's what you said

"China will win the AI race!" was a commonly voiced fear until recently. But this has not been heard much since the release of ChatGPT. Once again, messy democracies were underestimated, and planned dictatorships were overestimated.

Mathias Sundin 4 min read

πŸ’‘ Tomorrowland

"If I saw a child with a jetpack flying over me, I would believe anything is possible. I would be inspired. Doesn't that make the world a better place?"

Mathias Sundin 5 min read

🦾 What can we learn from the Swedish IT miracle for the AI era?

Newsweek named Stockholm Europe's internet capital. Swedes had the most computers and the best broadband in the world. From the Swedish IT miracle, Skype, Spotify, and many other unicorns were born. What can we learn from that as we now try to create AI miracles?

Mathias Sundin 3 min read

πŸ™„ No, AI disinformation is not the biggest global threat - on the difficulty of getting a message across

AI-generated disinformation is the biggest global threat, says 1500 experts. That's nonsense.

Mathias Sundin 4 min read

πŸ“š The best books I read in 2023

Also, tips on how to read 100 books a year. Reading so many books requires discipline, but is easier than one might think.

Mathias Sundin 1 min read

πŸ“š The Angry Optimist's book recommendations for Christmas

Four reading tips for Christmas. Everything from a history of the electronic era to the creator of Spaceballs.