av Mikael Winterkvist | jan 7, 2025 | Bluesky, Mastodon, TED, Threads |
Open-source software is the darling of the tech world, but the open-source branding used by today’s AI companies is inconsistent and confusing.
Delving into the complexities of differentiating AI from conventional software, open-source expert Heather Meeker explains the importance of a collaborative approach to AI development, emphasizing its potential to address global challenges — as long as it’s grounded in transparency and public trust.
av Mikael Winterkvist | jan 2, 2025 | Bluesky, Mastodon, TED, Threads |
There are about 7,000 languages spoken around the world — and they all have different sounds, vocabularies and structures. But do they shape the way we think?
Cognitive scientist Lera Boroditsky shares examples of language — from an Aboriginal community in Australia that uses cardinal directions instead of left and right to the multiple words for blue in Russian — that suggest the answer is a resounding yes. ”The beauty of linguistic diversity is that it reveals to us just how ingenious and how flexible the human mind is,” Boroditsky says. ”Human minds have invented not one cognitive universe, but 7,000.”
av Mikael Winterkvist | dec 31, 2024 | Bluesky, Mastodon, TED, Threads |
With his signature resolve, former US President Jimmy Carter dives into three unexpected reasons why the mistreatment of women and girls continues in so many manifestations in so many parts of the world, both developed and developing. The final reason he gives? ”In general, men don’t give a damn.”
av Mikael Winterkvist | dec 29, 2024 | Bluesky, Mastodon, TED |
In a scorching talk, marketing professor and podcaster Scott Galloway dissects the data showing that, by many measures, young people in the US are worse off financially than ever before. He unpacks the root causes and effects of this ”great intergenerational theft,” asking why we let it continue and showing how we could make it end. (Note: This talk contains mature language.)
av Mikael Winterkvist | dec 16, 2024 | Bluesky, Mastodon, TED, Threads
A nightmare scenario happened to politician Cara Hunter: just weeks before her election, she became the victim of a deepfake scam that threatened to upend her life and career.
In a fearless talk, she explores AI’s potential to undermine truth and democracy — and offers a path forward to harness this powerful technology as a force for good. (This talk contains mature language.)
av Mikael Winterkvist | dec 6, 2024 | Bluesky, Mastodon, TED, Threads
Hur skyddar vi oss från att bli vilseledda på nätet? Antiterrorexperten Vidhya Ramalingam avslöjar hur desinformation beväpnas för att rättfärdiga våld – alltmer mot klimatforskare – och introducerar ett kraftfullt verktyg som kallas ”prebunking”: ett proaktivt tillvägagångssätt som ger människor möjlighet att känna igen och avvisa manipulativa budskap innan de slår rot.
