Med varje ny flashig press-release från Big Tech om deras senaste nya språkmodell kan man lita på att en viss Chalmerskollega får in en alarmistisk debattartikel i svensk dagspress. Givetvis utan kritisk granskning av Techbolagets förenklingar, katastrofscenarier som bara de
This worries me most about AI in science. It's what happened with the advent of Stata and SPSS. They enabled incredibly rapid advances in the sciences and also set the stage for the replication crisis. Sadly, so many scientists simply don't understand the stats they are using.
And this.
From "Momo — oder Die seltsame Geschichte von den Zeit-Dieben und von dem Kind, das den Menschen die gestohlene Zeit zurückbrachte," by Michael Ende.
The best (childrens) book ever.
I don't think it's a named logical fallacy, but there is a type of thinking that has trouble distinguishing "doesn't literally violate the laws of physics" from "should be achievable in a few years with sufficient gumption."
"A wise general makes sure to insult and humiliate allies before heading into battle"
- Sun Tzu
Back in the 1980s-2000s, there was an organization called
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility that worked to oppose irresponsible and dangerous uses of computers in warfare. Maybe it needs a reboot, in our new age of AI.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compute...
“One more real-world aside: Should Europe envy the United States for its tech sector? No. Aside from the fact that Europeans are living well, tech generates a big negative externality, because among other things it generates tech-bro billionaires, who are corrupting our politics.”
Land of the free...
New essay: “Which Future?”
michaelnotebook.com/whichfuture/...
On how to wisely navigate risks from transformative technology, especially artificial superintelligence (ASI). This condenses much of the key thinking from my more extended essays
This sounds like an excellent idea.
Eliza effect indeed.
@frankfukuyama.bsky.social appears to have befriended with his supportive and well mannered ChatGPT.
So when you say you found fake journals in GS, you mean you found fake journals in the *reference lists* of real journals indexed in GS?
Examples?
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
“If investors continue to price AI companies as if they will capture the economic value of labor rather than the economic value of tools, valuations will outrun reality.”
A must watch - Mokyr's Nobel Prize speech on how ideas matter for progress, where AI fits here, and where bad institutional decisions might harm things. His ageless energy and unlimited memory for history are exactly today as I remember as his student 15 years ago. www.youtube.com/live/jQCkCcu...
Make it Manuscript Central and we’re on!
This is the best thing I’ve seen since I don’t know when.
Q. Who aligns the aligners?
A. alignmentalignment.ai
Today I’m humbled to announce an epoch-defining event: the launch of the 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗜 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀.
:-)
Archeologists speak of years Before Present (BP), with ‘present’ set to January 1, 1950—just before nuclear bomb testing significantly changed the atmospheric ratio of carbon isotopes.
Given how AI is rapidly flooding the digital world with bullshit, we may need a similar epoch marker—Jan 1 2025?
Some really interesting ideas about kinds of research and modes of governance/funding.
😅
Wow, thanks!
This is interesting.
This PDW examines the central role of artifacts in processes of development and change across fields and practices including entrepreneurship, innovation, project management, strategy, and future-making. In these and other areas, managerial work often amounts to artifact-centered processes in which final outcomes emerge via various “intermediate artifacts” such as conceptual models, material prototypes, digital simulations, and operational plans. Such artifacts serve diverse functions: as focusing devices that produce shared visions and guide concrete actions, as boundary objects that enable feedback and collaboration across domains, and as unfolding artifacts that are left intentionally incomplete to invite creative engagement. While scholars in different fields are theorizing and investigating artifact-centered practices, there is little discussion across fields. This PDW aims to encourage such dialogue.
Looking forward to this (joint TIM, ENT, SAP, OMT) PDW with Jennifer Whyte, Raghu Garud, and Dimo Dimov at the Academy of Management meeting in Copenhagen.
📢 The Role of Artifacts in Managerial Design 📢
#AOM2025
Program link: cdmcd.co/bRavzm
