Swedish communication theorist born in Liberia. Working with design, education and writing to support human rights in tech. Decades of digital experience and a deep concern for universal wellbeing.
An image of ChatGPT solving a captcha was spread far and wide recently. The most beautiful thing about the image is of course that it hadn't solved the Captcha. This made it a fantastic stepping stone for talking about the many illusions of technological advancement. 💡If anybody knows...
There are many checkpoints for the EU AI Act to pass through before it becomes legislation and before the law is applicable for all types of AI tools. While we are getting closer to a final vote in the European Parliament, there is some confusion as to when the law...
I remember when the newsletter service Mailchimp and its monkey mascot had a tone-of-voice that was full of jokes and whimsiness. Many found this annoying or offensive (either generally or after prolonged exposure). In the end Mailchimp were compelled to implement a setting so that people could switch off the...
It is a strange world we live in now, wherein the output of a computer perfectly following its programming can be said to be "hallucinating" simply because its output does not match user expectations or wishes. And across trusted professions, academia and media people are repeating that same...
I made this diagram as an explanatory model for showing the relationships between different actors when it comes to AI development and use. It gives you something to point at when showing for example who finances the systems, who contributes to the systems and who benefits or suffers from them....
I read the executive order on AI from the White House, wrote a summary and used an AI-powered video generator to create the appearance of me presenting it. In accordance with suggestions in the order, the video is clearly labeled. 🗒️Note: Everyone calls this an executive order on AI, but...
In the one-minute video below I am speaking seven languages. In truth, I can speak two of those. None of the audio is actually me speaking, even if it sounds very much like my voice. And the video? Despite what it looks like, that’s not me moving my mouth....
Understand the stages of machine learning where bias can, and often will, contribute to harm.
I see more and more people faking bold and italic text on LinkedIn, and other social media, using Unicode characters. This is detrimental to accessibility, findability as well as predictability. Here is an example that you may or may not see depending on your client for viewing this: * Example of...