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
Topic
Norge
11 articles
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
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
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
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
Diverse
Balderdash!
'The Norwegian language is by no means impoverished. It is its users who are impoverished' — as the kids say on TikTok.
·Anders Eidesvik·2 min
Diverse
People from Eastern Norway
They say you should always be yourself. Fair enough. But today of all days I could quite fancy being someone else. Someone from Eastern Norway, for instance.
·Anders Eidesvik·2 min
Diverse
Blue Monday
January is a miserable month. And it's not just you — it's scientifically proven. Sort of.
·Anders Eidesvik·2 min
Diverse
Stomach Churns
I don't understand how anyone has the stamina to become prime minister.
·Anders Eidesvik·2 min