Mattias Rost
rost.me
Mattias Rost
@rost.me
HCI, HCAI, AI. PhD, Associate Professor, Gothenburg University, Head of Division
LLM, Aletheia, and Poiesis. Offering yet another way to view LLMs that rejects the instrumentalist view.

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Mattias Rost
Researcher and Coder
rost.me
July 18, 2025 at 4:42 PM
New post out about LLMs as relational. How language is a medium for thought, not a carrier of information.

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Mattias Rost
Researcher and Coder
rost.me
July 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
We’re hosting a workshop at Aarhus 2025:
The End of Programming (as we know it)
Rethinking coding in the age of AI—beyond productivity, toward new practices, tools & ideas.
📅 Aug 19 (hybrid)
📝 Submit by June 27
🔗 mi.sh.se/~shmnjn07/th...
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mi.sh.se
June 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Short post by @rost.me arguing that calling LLMs "generative AI" is misleading nowadays, since generating plausible text is really only one of many things they do (he proposes the term "interpretive AI"). rost.me/2025/05/27/i...
May 28, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Qwq on stacking three eggs. It's showing a lot of humour in its reasoning and is certainly taking its time to reach a final solution. gist.github.com/rrostt/be0fa...
QwQ stacking three eggs on top of each other
QwQ stacking three eggs on top of each other. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.
gist.github.com
December 28, 2024 at 3:51 PM
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🤖 From narratives of AI to its ethical landscape - @coeckelbergh.bsky.social takes us through a philosophical journey on the #HCAI Podcast. What does responsible #AI development really mean? 🔗 Tune in at hcai.se/podcast/24-1...
#ethicalAI #humancenteredAI #responsibleAI #aidemocracy
HCAI Podcast Episode 12 - Democratizing AI with Mark Coeckelberg | Human-centered AI @ GU
In this episode, we talk to Mark Coeckelbergh, Professor of Philosophy of Technology and Media at the University of Vienna, about the evolving landscape of AI and its implications for society. Mark br...
hcai.se
December 18, 2024 at 1:47 PM
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Throwback to our episode on Human-centered AI-mediated Communication with @informor.bsky.social. Check out/listen to the full episode at hcai.se/podcast/24-0... #humanceteredai #humancetered #hcai #communication
December 2, 2024 at 1:34 PM
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Some skills, like doing my taxes or filling out travel reimbursement requests, I will happily leave for cognitive atrophy. Others, not so much. In this blog post, I ruminate on how HCAI tools should teach people to fish rather than feed them.

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Teach A Man To Fish
When can cognitive atrophy be a good thing?
niklaselmqvist.medium.com
November 26, 2024 at 10:04 AM
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We had a great discussion with @nelmqvist.bsky.social about how AI, HCI, and data visalization can work together to develop tools that support us. Check out the episode ⬇️
November 22, 2024 at 9:56 AM
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🚀 What role does #AI play in amplifying and augmenting human abilities? @nelmqvist.bsky.social joins the #HCAI Podcast to discuss the intersection of data visualization, #HCI, and AI tools that empower, not replace, us.
🔗 Listen now hcai.se/podcast/24-1...
#humancenteredai #dataviz
HCAI Podcast Episode 11 - Ubiquitous HCAI with Niklas Elmqvist | Human-centered AI @ GU
In this episode, we discuss the evolving intersection of human-computer interaction and AI with Niklas Elmqvist, a professor at Aarhus University and expert in data visualization. Niklas shares his in...
hcai.se
November 22, 2024 at 9:46 AM
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New episode of the HCAI podcast! We had the privilege to speak to @j2bryson.bsky.social on governance, policymaking, regional control, and philosophy. You'll find links to the episode below #HCAI #AIAct #DSA #AIGovernance #AIPolicy #GDPR #CCPA #humancenteredartificialintelligence #humancenteredai
HCAI Podcast Episode 6 - Governing AI with Joanna Bryson | Human-centered AI @ GU
The sixtth episode of the HCAI podcast in which we talk about artificial intelligence governance with Joanna Bryson.
hcai.se
May 15, 2024 at 8:01 PM
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A few weeks ago, we had a great discussion with Natali Helberger about human-centricity, transparency, policy, and use of AI. The episode it out now. hcai.se/podcast/24-0...
#humancenteredartificialintelligence #hcai #transparency #transparentai #aigovernance
HCAI Podcast Episode 7 - Human-centered Transparency with Natali Helberger | Human-centered AI @ GU
The seventh episode of the HCAI podcast in which we talk about transparency, interdisciplinarity, and use of technology with Natali Helberger.
hcai.se
June 10, 2024 at 7:50 AM
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Last month, we had a great chat with #CornellTech's Mor Naaman about Human-centered AI-mediated communication. Listen to our conversation in the latest episode of the HCAI podcast hcai.se/podcast/24-0... #humancenteredartificialintelligence #aimediatecommunication #hcai
HCAI Podcast Episode 9 - Human-centered AI-mediated Communication with Mor Naaman | Human-centered AI @ GU
The ningth episode of the HCAI podcast in which we talk about how AI is impacting communication between people, online as well as offline, with Mor Naaman.
hcai.se
September 9, 2024 at 8:24 AM
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Having this podcast has been the best excuse ever to get to speak to people that do some of the most interesting work in #AI (even though our focus remains to be #HCAI). In the latest episode, we spoke to Ricardo Baeza-Yates - a data scientist since decades (before data science was a "thing").
September 23, 2024 at 1:03 PM