En klassiske tilnærming til styrevalg er "hvem kjenner vi" - faktisk så mange som 80% av norske styremedlemmer hentes inn på dette grunnlaget. Jeg legger godviljen til og velger å tro at dette handler om opplevd trygghet, fordi vedkommende har lang fartstid og bransjeerfaring. Utfordringen er at den verden vi nå står i krever en langt større bredde i ferdigheter og kunnskap enn det man har trengt tidligere. Samtidig har styrenes rolle endret seg fra å være en ren kontrollinstans til også å være en strategisk motor for selskapet.

I'm not surprised by the launch of Deepseek. I'm surprised by all the intelligent people out there who are surprised about the launch of Deepseek. Many an investor has called Deep Seek a Black Swan over the last few weeks.

The transformer technology is well-known. It's open. Altman's empire was built on a perceived oligopoly, where OpenAI as perceived market leader held the throne. Strategically, it was only a matter of time until some company somewhere launched an approach to LLM which is much more efficient than OpenAI's tech stack.

I have for a long time let my father's heritage collect dust. It's time to continue his work and remind the world of the horrors of facism and nazism. “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it”, George Santayana (1905).

A key element in responsible and value-creating adoption of AI is competence. In fact, Chapter 1 Article 4 of the EU AI Act makes it mandatory to provide training to achieve relevant AI literacy. This article comes into force February 2nd 2025.

Digitalization in general and artificial intelligence in particular is often proclaimed to be the solution to most, if not all, sustainability challenges. We tend to think that digital is sustainable, because the data are just flying wirelessly through the air. We are, however, behaving like the mythical ostrich with its head in the sand. As we enter the festive holidays, consumption is surging. Wrapped in glossy paper we give and receive the latest and coolest within digital electronics, “powered by AI”.

Predictions for developments within artificial intelligence in 2024

ChatGPT is a useful tool for individual efficiency and productivity. It is, however, not a tool of strategic importance for a business.

Basic understanding of AI should be compulsory for any C-level or board director.

Memorization is an important component of a skillfully delivered keynote. But how much should you memorize, and how to do it?

Have you ever been asked to do a talk/keynote/presentation, and felt like you don't have enough time to prepare properly?

To reduce bias in machines, we need to become better versions of humans. The future is not human less, it is human more.

If I asked you what your company's most important action towards achieving the 1,5 degree target is, how likely is it that you would answer "digitalization"?