The Angry Optimist

Mathias Sundin 3 min read

๐Ÿ’ก Musings of the Angry Optimist: Don't look up, look forward

Is humanity at a crossroads? Two optimistic videos claim so. But such a crossroads does not exist.

Mathias Sundin 2 min read

๐ŸŽฎ Violent video games don't make children aggressive

Parents and moralists can relax. Violent video and computer games do not make children aggressive, as demonstrated by three studies.

Mathias Sundin 4 min read

๐ŸŒ Stop saving the world

If the world needs saving, it means that it is falling apart. On the contrary, the world is getting better.

Mathias Sundin 3 min read

๐Ÿ’ก Musings of The Angry Optimist: A motorcycle for the mind

Steve Jobs called the computer a bicycle for the mind. Then AI is a motorcycle.

Mathias Sundin 1 min read

๐Ÿ”ƒ Optimism is dead

Optimism is dead โ€“ So donโ€™t fool us that โ€“ The future is created by optimists.

Mathias Sundin 3 min read

๐Ÿ’ก Musings of The Angry Optimist: Doomsday talk and climate change

Does doomsday rhetoric about the climate work?

Mathias Sundin 5 min read

๐Ÿ’ก Musings of The Angry Optimist: How should one think about Elon Musk?

I discovered Elon Musk ten years ago and became obsessed. This is how my thoughts about him have changed since then.

Mathias Sundin 4 min read

๐Ÿ’ก Musings of The Angry Optimist: FINALLY some pushback against AI doomerism

Several heavyweights who disagree with the AI โ€‹โ€‹pessimists have made no effort to really push back on the doomsday rhetoric. But now Marc Andreessen finally does!

Mathias Sundin 4 min read

๐Ÿฆพ OpenAI's breakthrough in understanding AI's black box (so we can build safe AI)

OpenAI has found a way to solve part of the AI alignment problem. So we can understand and create safe AI.