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One Step Closer to Deepfake Town
Dead internet theory, now on video too!
·Anders Eidesvik·4 min
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Podcast: Is AI a Religion?
I am a guest on Manifest Media’s podcast Inn i AI-bobla. The episode is in Norwegian only.
·Anders Eidesvik·1 min
Analysis
Are We Losing Control of AI?
Here is everything you need to know about Hugging Face and why the whole world is worried about AI.
·Anders Eidesvik og Simon Eidesvik·12 min
Op-ed
Here Comes the Hacking Wave
To paraphrase an American saying: the only thing that stops a bad guy with AI is a good guy with AI.
·Anders Eidesvik·5 min
Op-ed
Open AI Models Make Us More Vulnerable
Open AI models create as many problems as they solve, and some of them could have catastrophic consequences.
·Anders Eidesvik, Lotte Skolem og Ram Eirik Glomseth ·4 min
Op-ed
The world's most powerful cyberweapon is here. His name is Claude
You no longer need 100 North Korean hackers to take down the internet. AI can do the job. As usual, Norway is asleep at the wheel.
·Anders Eidesvik·6 min
Op-ed
Inga Strümke Is Doing Us All a Disservice
If there is a chance that we face extremely intelligent AI within the next decade, we need to start thinking about questions such as universal basic income, mass surveillance, and how to control AI systems already today.
·Anders Eidesvik·6 min
Analysis
The Past Is a Foreign Country
How fast is the AI development going? This clip from 2024 is telling.
·Anders Eidesvik·2 min
Diverse
How I Use AI
A very detailed guide.
·Anders Eidesvik·6 min
Op-ed
AI Helped Me Beat Silicon Valley's Best Minds at a Hackathon. It Shouldn't Have Been Possible
In Silicon Valley, more and more people are talking about their 'AGI moment'. In Norway, we dismiss it as hype. They can't both be right.
·Anders Eidesvik·6 min
Op-ed
When Your Computer Says It Loves You
We humans are simply not as complicated as we'd like to think. We grow fond of our Roombas and get angry at Excel.
·Anders Eidesvik·6 min
Langsikt Newsletter
The AI Horizon: August
OpenAI finally releases ChatGPT-5, more people are experiencing psychosis after talking to language models, and I call for a more ambitious AI strategy in Altinget (a Norwegian policy news outlet). A lot has happened this summer, so here's a summary of the most important developments.
·Anders Eidesvik·4 min
Op-ed
A Week with ChatGPT-5. What Now?
Is GPT-5 proof that the scaling laws have finally hit a wall? Or is OpenAI courting the mainstream?
·Anders Eidesvik·5 min
Op-ed
We Took Control of the Oil. Let's Do the Same with Data and AI
When the Americans came to Norway to drill for oil, sharp-minded politicians and bureaucrats ensured that the oil resources benefited the entire Norwegian people. But when the same Americans come to drill for data, we do... nothing?
·Anders Eidesvik·5 min
Op-ed
Warning Shots from Meta
Meta has opened up to using content from private messages to 'improve AI'. That's just the beginning of what's to come.
·Anders Eidesvik·3 min
Op-ed
AI Deserves Smarter Criticism
That the models miss on niche facts about a Norwegian writer is about as surprising as Yr.no occasionally getting the weather forecast for Astana wrong.
·Anders Eidesvik·2 min
Langsikt Newsletter
Can Machines Think? Or Do They Even Need To?
A Hollywood celebrity warns we could lose control, Bernie Sanders is worried about AI unemployment, and the experts are at odds over whether machines think.
·Anders Eidesvik·5 min
Analysis
Uhm, Has Anyone Noticed That Claude Is Resorting to Blackmail?
New research shows that language models will resort to blackmail when they feel threatened.
·Anders Eidesvik·2 min
Langsikt Newsletter
The AI Horizon: Silicon Valley Special
AI models take another big leap, Meta signs a partnership deal with weapons company Anduril, and chatbots are creating delusions. This is the most important of what has happened over the past month. Bonus: I have been to San Francisco and “felt the AGI” first-hand.
·Anders Eidesvik·6 min
Langsikt Newsletter
The AI Horizon: May
Google launches AlphaEvolve, the new Pope warns about AI, and Altman sets the stage for an AI race with China. AI development thunders on. Here are some of the most important stories since last time.
·Anders Eidesvik·5 min