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  • Machines that feel

    As AI gets better at faking emotion, the risk isn’t just scams—it’s psychological harm. From the Eliza Effect to modern LLMs, this essay explores how lonely societies become easy prey for machines that only appear to care.

  • The Cost of Digital Cowardice

    Should we demand “restraining orders” for tech companies? At #OsloTechShow, Vivaldi CEO Jon von Tetzchner reignited the debate on data ethics, AI bias, and the real cost of pretending neutrality in a digital world shaped by power—not principle.

  • After Idealism: Europe’s Infrastructure Awakening

    As geopolitical pressure rises, Europe is waking up to the limits of idealism. This piece explores the need to reindustrialize, localize production, and assert digital sovereignty—before the world redraws itself without us.

  • After the Hype: Agents, Automation, and the Price of Knowledge

    The AI landscape is shifting—generative models are giving way to domain-specific agents. But as tech races ahead, we risk erasing the very paths that build expertise. What happens when we automate too much, too soon?

  • The deterministic word calculator 

    Can a language model truly understand meaning—or are we just projecting human expectations onto a deterministic machine? This piece unpacks the quiet tension between structured output and the messy reality of language.

  • AI and Architectural Illustration 

    One architect’s journey from GIMP to generative prompts. This candid walkthrough explores how AI boosted a concept illustration—figures, hydroponics, even a space dog—with a fraction of the effort. Are we on the verge of a creative shift, or just scratching the surface?

  • Cognitive Accelerants: Using AI to Expand Our Minds

    Can AI help you think better—not just faster? This piece explores AI as a cognitive accelerant, helping refine ideas, expand perception, and challenge assumptions. But with that power comes risk. How do we stay sharp—and stay ourselves—while growing with the machine?

  • Reading Between the (AI-Generated) Lines

    What if AI could detect your emotions through your writing? From emojis to memes, from melancholy to joy, this piece explores how language—digital or literary—reveals more than we realize, and how AI might be reading us as much as we read it. Curious? Ask it yourself.

  • Artificially infused fantasies: The Narcissus Effect of AI

    AI doesn’t just reflect data—it reflects you. As we talk to LLMs, are we just feeding our own fantasies back to ourselves? A look into AI, identity, and the myth of Narcissus in the digital age.

  • Solution multiplicity

    Parametric design is the future, yet it’s still undervalued. Is academia holding us back? AI, new models, and young innovators might change that. The challenge? Navigating scarcity, ethics, and growth.