The Elements of AI Ethics
Let's talk about harm caused by humans implementing AI.| Axbom • My Next Heartbeat
Let's talk about harm caused by humans implementing AI.| Axbom • My Next Heartbeat
The people behind Chat Control claim that they are not breaking end-to-end encryption. At the same time, private messages on services with end-to-end encryption will be intercepted to uncover crimes. This means that we have to seriously start talking about the thought experiment Schrödinger's chat. We| Axbom • My Next Heartbeat
I get that voice cloning is a wonderful technology for people who have lost their voice and want to use their own voice for expressing their own words. That is giving someone control over self-expression, and self-respect. But when voice cloning is used to copy someone else’s voice| Axbom • My Next Heartbeat
In the last week of July 2025, which also happens to be Pride week here in Stockholm, LinkedIn has changed its policy texts on what language and forms of expression is tolerated. Previous terminology that explicitly addressed offensive treatment of trans people has been removed.| Axbom • My Next Heartbeat
When topics of discourse prove difficult to approach, stories can help us on our way. This famed short story about a graceful city with an unexpected abberation helps me reflect on where I want to apply my capacity for writing, sketching and teaching.| Axbom • My Next Heartbeat
We find ourselves in a situation where the authorities have heaps of information about you as a citizen, and you don't know what this information is, whether it is correct or what it is being used for. Do the authorities themselves know?| Axbom • My Next Heartbeat
What did the SHIFT key really shift and why do computer programmers still have to care about carriages? Learn all about it, and why the original Qwerty layout didn't offer keys for the digits one and zero.| Axbom • My Next Heartbeat
With the option of using your own domain name as a username, Bluesky becomes extra appealing.| Axbom • My Next Heartbeat
I often warn people about QR codes, but it's easier to understand the seriousness of these warnings when you can clearly see what a scam looks like. Here is a film I was given the okay to use for educational purposes (with my voiceover). In the video a| Axbom • My Next Heartbeat
On Monday October 14 it's been eight weeks since my open heart surgery. This means that my sick leave comes to an end and I'm back to work at my regular capacity. "Regular capacity" might be pushing it a bit. I obviously feel a| Axbom • My Next Heartbeat
QR codes are immensely popular but also immensely open to fraud when they are used in public spaces and forums. Hijacking donations is one example of how bad actors can take advantage of your reliance on QR codes.| Axbom • My Next Heartbeat
On the art of focusing on design as a strategy to avoid thinking about the drama of reconstructive heart surgery and a new mechanical heart valve.| Axbom • My Next Heartbeat
When you read the news that Mattel is launching a blind Barbie with a white cane, note that the doll was developed with organizations and people who are experts in, and themselves have, visual impairments. Mattel also organized play sessions for children with visual impairments as part of product development.| Axbom • My Next Heartbeat
I'm in the process of preparing for open heart surgery. It's an elaborate procedure where I'll get a new mechanical heart valve and also replace about 6-7 centimeters of the aorta. This is followed by sick leave and rehabilitation with, among other things, breathing techniques to make sure my lung| Axbom • My Next Heartbeat
A walkthrough of why you should choose Signal over WhatsApp, and how a focus on encrypted communication can be deceptive.| Axbom
I spend a great deal of time evaluating tools that can replace the Big Tech variants that mistreat us. This includes services that just make my online life easier, with bonus points for small, friendly and sustainable.| Axbom
Attempts to classify people into intelligence categories has been going on for many hundreds of years, but none have perhaps proven as prevalent as the intelligence quotient (IQ). The origins of IQ can be traced back to a 1905 test designed by French psychologists Alfred Binet and Théodore Simon to| Axbom
There has recently been a huge rush of people trying out Mastodon. This is also noticeable in the number of people reading my earlier Mastodon Guide. I wanted to take this opportunity to provide a brief list of usage tips that I wish I had at hand when first setting| Axbom
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.| Axbom
Understand the stages of machine learning where bias can, and often will, contribute to harm.| Axbom • My Next Heartbeat
Computations will “estimate” your aim, tend to miss the nail and push for a different design. Often unnoticeably.| Axbom
Improve the design of AI tools for ease-of-use and trustworthiness.| Axbom
As more and more people are asking me about Mastodon I felt a need for a picture to point at, showcasing how the software known as Mastodon fits into the much larger concept of the Fediverse. I made this infographic to help myself and others explain the many different use-cases| Axbom
