Henrik Skaug Sætra / [spillteori]
@futuritas.eu
Technology, ethics, and philosophy. Oh, and some political science - more specifically political theory.
Associate professor at the University of Oslo.
My research: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=p
Associate professor at the University of Oslo.
My research: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=p
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What's the value of academic articles and doing research? The product or the process?
This article has been a long process, and how I've processed the ongoing AI disruption of research. I use it very little, and while it's clearly not all bad, I argue for caution.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
This article has been a long process, and how I've processed the ongoing AI disruption of research. I use it very little, and while it's clearly not all bad, I argue for caution.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Priorities. [Cartoon by Michael de Adder]
November 7, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Priorities. [Cartoon by Michael de Adder]
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Alex Karp and Peter Thiel are two of the worst people on this planet running one of the most evil companies to ever exist—we should do whatever we can to make Palantir go bankrupt.
Palantir CEO Karp twice slams short sellers as stock suffers worst week since April
Palantir CEO Alex Karp twice confronted short sellers this week as the company's shares suffered a double-digit drop.
www.cnbc.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Alex Karp and Peter Thiel are two of the worst people on this planet running one of the most evil companies to ever exist—we should do whatever we can to make Palantir go bankrupt.
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“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
OpenAI in Danger After Authors Suing It Gain Access to Its Internal Slack Messages
Authors and publishers, who are suing OpenAI, secured access to internal Slack messages and emails discussing the deletion of pirated books.
futurism.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:57 AM
“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
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Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment
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The man accused of “assaulting” a federal agent by throwing his Subway sandwich walks free on Thursday after countless attempts from the Trump administration to prosecute him both federally and criminally. trib.al/Q4E4cHe
November 6, 2025 at 8:53 PM
The man accused of “assaulting” a federal agent by throwing his Subway sandwich walks free on Thursday after countless attempts from the Trump administration to prosecute him both federally and criminally. trib.al/Q4E4cHe
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What the hell is this statement from NVIDIA? What am I meant to do with this info?
November 6, 2025 at 5:35 AM
What the hell is this statement from NVIDIA? What am I meant to do with this info?
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“Meta’s argument is that our recent stories about its glasses are not newsworthy because we wouldn’t bother writing them if the videos in question were filmed with an iPhone as opposed to a pair of smart glasses.”
Good resource for people who don’t seem to understand the differences.
Good resource for people who don’t seem to understand the differences.
What’s the Difference Between AI Glasses and an iPhone? A Helpful Guide for Meta PR
Meta thinks its camera glasses, which are often used for harassment, are no different than any other camera.
www.404media.co
November 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
“Meta’s argument is that our recent stories about its glasses are not newsworthy because we wouldn’t bother writing them if the videos in question were filmed with an iPhone as opposed to a pair of smart glasses.”
Good resource for people who don’t seem to understand the differences.
Good resource for people who don’t seem to understand the differences.
Bored? Listen in in a little over an hour (link on the link): www.jus.uio.no/ifp/english/...
Knut Selmer Memorial Lecture 2025 - Advanced AI and the Social Contract: Reframing the Debate
- Department of Private Law
Henrik Skaug Sætra
www.jus.uio.no
November 5, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Bored? Listen in in a little over an hour (link on the link): www.jus.uio.no/ifp/english/...
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"This initiative will give teachers from every region of Iceland [...] access to advanced AI tools as the country explores how artificial intelligence can transform education."
Has there ever before been products sold where customers* must figure out the use?
www.anthropic.com/news/anthrop...
Has there ever before been products sold where customers* must figure out the use?
www.anthropic.com/news/anthrop...
Anthropic and Iceland announce one of the world’s first national AI education pilots
Anthropic and Iceland announce national AI education pilot
www.anthropic.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:10 AM
"This initiative will give teachers from every region of Iceland [...] access to advanced AI tools as the country explores how artificial intelligence can transform education."
Has there ever before been products sold where customers* must figure out the use?
www.anthropic.com/news/anthrop...
Has there ever before been products sold where customers* must figure out the use?
www.anthropic.com/news/anthrop...
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WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
November 5, 2025 at 4:07 AM
WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
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Reposted by Henrik Skaug Sætra / [spillteori]
Inbox— next cover of the New Yorker: “Mayor Mamdani,” by Edel Rodriguez
November 5, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Inbox— next cover of the New Yorker: “Mayor Mamdani,” by Edel Rodriguez
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Tonight's even more proof the mainstream reporters who are still on Twitter are suffering from a brain problem akin Havana Syndrome that is preventing them from accurately doing their jobs. They are being cooked alive by a snuff-focused apartheid algorithm.
November 5, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Tonight's even more proof the mainstream reporters who are still on Twitter are suffering from a brain problem akin Havana Syndrome that is preventing them from accurately doing their jobs. They are being cooked alive by a snuff-focused apartheid algorithm.
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BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.
Follow AP for live updates.
Follow AP for live updates.
Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power
One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.
bit.ly
November 5, 2025 at 3:33 AM
BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.
Follow AP for live updates.
Follow AP for live updates.
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Gotta hit 'em with the ol' classic.
November 5, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Gotta hit 'em with the ol' classic.
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Sora 2 is not being “misused” when people use it to produce racist, transphobic, misogynistic, & otherwise vile images—it exists to make it easier to put these images out into the world. Calling it a “misuse” is a grave misunderstanding of what these companies are up to, & lets OpenAI off the hook.
November 4, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Sora 2 is not being “misused” when people use it to produce racist, transphobic, misogynistic, & otherwise vile images—it exists to make it easier to put these images out into the world. Calling it a “misuse” is a grave misunderstanding of what these companies are up to, & lets OpenAI off the hook.
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The idea that machines will be as smart as—or smarter than—humans has hijacked an entire industry. But look closely and you’ll see it’s a myth that persists for many of the same reasons conspiracies do.
Read the story: www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/30/1...
Read the story: www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/30/1...
November 4, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The idea that machines will be as smart as—or smarter than—humans has hijacked an entire industry. But look closely and you’ll see it’s a myth that persists for many of the same reasons conspiracies do.
Read the story: www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/30/1...
Read the story: www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/30/1...
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Google, the world’s largest search engine operating three in four smartphones, has played Brussels like a fiddle – shaping laws, silencing rivals, and calling it "innovation". The chart shows how Big Tech bankrolls Brussels’ top think tanks.
Read our latest story here: www.ftm.eu/articles/goo...
Read our latest story here: www.ftm.eu/articles/goo...
November 3, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Google, the world’s largest search engine operating three in four smartphones, has played Brussels like a fiddle – shaping laws, silencing rivals, and calling it "innovation". The chart shows how Big Tech bankrolls Brussels’ top think tanks.
Read our latest story here: www.ftm.eu/articles/goo...
Read our latest story here: www.ftm.eu/articles/goo...
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What he said Part 3: 💯 🎯
November 3, 2025 at 7:14 PM
What he said Part 3: 💯 🎯
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A West Coast biotech entrepreneur says he’s secured $30 million to form a public-benefit company to study how to safely create genetically edited babies, marking the largest known investment into the taboo technology.
Here’s the latest company planning for gene-edited babies
Entrepreneurs say it’s time to safety-test designer baby technology.
www.technologyreview.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:48 PM
A West Coast biotech entrepreneur says he’s secured $30 million to form a public-benefit company to study how to safely create genetically edited babies, marking the largest known investment into the taboo technology.
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Would you rather go to the US, or continue saying things to your friends on facebook that you don't say in public?
(Or more likely, delete the sad remnants recording that you ever did that. So many friends have left facebook I can't even figure out who I'm talking to in the "memories" FB serves.)
(Or more likely, delete the sad remnants recording that you ever did that. So many friends have left facebook I can't even figure out who I'm talking to in the "memories" FB serves.)
November 2, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Would you rather go to the US, or continue saying things to your friends on facebook that you don't say in public?
(Or more likely, delete the sad remnants recording that you ever did that. So many friends have left facebook I can't even figure out who I'm talking to in the "memories" FB serves.)
(Or more likely, delete the sad remnants recording that you ever did that. So many friends have left facebook I can't even figure out who I'm talking to in the "memories" FB serves.)
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Among other things, US authorities demanded that EVERY social media account of this Norwegian journalist must be made fully open to public reading, and listed on his application for a visa.
The visa never turned up.
The visa never turned up.
Another interesting story on the challenges of travelling there these days (google translate from Norwegian) www.aftenposten.no/meninger/deb...
Hva en avlyst reise forteller om dagens USA
Jeg ble invitert til USA av amerikansk UD, men visumet ble ikke innvilget. Det bør bekymre alle som fortsatt tror USA er et pålitelig demokrati.
www.aftenposten.no
November 2, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Among other things, US authorities demanded that EVERY social media account of this Norwegian journalist must be made fully open to public reading, and listed on his application for a visa.
The visa never turned up.
The visa never turned up.
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I think it's inevitable it will come here, unless we do an end run & build trade ties with all the other non-mega countries. Which is possible. With AI, we can solve logistics quickly, & there's already a move for a new WTO because the old one is broken. If it's more peer-to-peer, it may be robust.
November 1, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I think it's inevitable it will come here, unless we do an end run & build trade ties with all the other non-mega countries. Which is possible. With AI, we can solve logistics quickly, & there's already a move for a new WTO because the old one is broken. If it's more peer-to-peer, it may be robust.
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This is an absolute beast of a piece - 10,000 words, deeply-researched, exhaustively-explained - but I think it will end up being one of my most consequential works.
Premium newsletter: Meta, Google, Amazon and Microsoft need $2 Trillion in AI revenue by 2030 or they've wasted their capex. The massive cost of building data centers and constant decay in value of expensive-to-run GPUs may make AI profits impossible to achieve.
www.wheresyoured.at/big-tech-2tr/
www.wheresyoured.at/big-tech-2tr/
Big Tech Needs $2 Trillion In AI Revenue By 2030 or They Wasted Their Capex
As I've established again and again, we are in an AI bubble, and no, I cannot tell you when the bubble will pop, because we're in the stupidest financial era since the great financial crisis — though,...
www.wheresyoured.at
October 31, 2025 at 6:15 PM
This is an absolute beast of a piece - 10,000 words, deeply-researched, exhaustively-explained - but I think it will end up being one of my most consequential works.
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here's a new one: a tribunal was holding a hearing over Microsoft Teams when they noticed ... an AI bot had joined the call
October 30, 2025 at 9:11 PM
here's a new one: a tribunal was holding a hearing over Microsoft Teams when they noticed ... an AI bot had joined the call