Mikko Alasaarela
@alasaarela.com
Husband and father. Impact entrepreneur, speaker and author on algorithms that influence us. 15+ years in AI entrepreneurship.
At the current rate, you can recognize a text being written with AI from the fact that it has more than one sentence of text by next year.
June 6, 2025 at 8:35 AM
At the current rate, you can recognize a text being written with AI from the fact that it has more than one sentence of text by next year.
Anthropic went from $1B ARR in December to $3B now. We are seeing completely new levels of growth for the winners in the AI race.
May 31, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Anthropic went from $1B ARR in December to $3B now. We are seeing completely new levels of growth for the winners in the AI race.
WSJ comments on the Finnish government's effort to stimulate the economy to fund the defense budget. I fully agree that the 52% top rate is too high, and I also agree that it is applied at a middle-class level income, capping Finland's potential to attract top talent to work in Finland.
May 12, 2025 at 12:12 PM
WSJ comments on the Finnish government's effort to stimulate the economy to fund the defense budget. I fully agree that the 52% top rate is too high, and I also agree that it is applied at a middle-class level income, capping Finland's potential to attract top talent to work in Finland.
Researchers proved once again that manipulating people with AI on social media is trivially easy.
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Secret Reddit Experiment Using AI Personas Sparks Ethics Scandal in Academia - Decrypt
A team at the University of Zurich created AI personas claiming to be trauma counselors and political activists. It didn't go down well.
decrypt.co
May 12, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Researchers proved once again that manipulating people with AI on social media is trivially easy.
decrypt.co/316976/secre...
decrypt.co/316976/secre...
Updated state of AI cartoon. Accurate.
May 7, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Updated state of AI cartoon. Accurate.
The AI coding wars are heating up! Anthropic has dominated the AI coding space for the past year, so OpenAI decided to get involved to guarantee a seat in the contest.
What do you think, will OpenAI be able to catch up?
What do you think, will OpenAI be able to catch up?
May 6, 2025 at 10:46 AM
The AI coding wars are heating up! Anthropic has dominated the AI coding space for the past year, so OpenAI decided to get involved to guarantee a seat in the contest.
What do you think, will OpenAI be able to catch up?
What do you think, will OpenAI be able to catch up?
It has come to this:
After Zuck literally owning the social networking market for the past decade and a half, people now have, on average, less than three good friends.
Now he says we should make friends with a dozen bots instead to compensate for the lack of friends.
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After Zuck literally owning the social networking market for the past decade and a half, people now have, on average, less than three good friends.
Now he says we should make friends with a dozen bots instead to compensate for the lack of friends.
futurism.com/zuckerberg-l...
Zuckerberg Says in Response to Loneliness Epidemic, He Will Create Most of Your Friends Using Artificial Intelligence
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is more concerned about his billions of customers making friends with AI chatbots than creating bonds with real human beings.
futurism.com
May 5, 2025 at 5:40 AM
It has come to this:
After Zuck literally owning the social networking market for the past decade and a half, people now have, on average, less than three good friends.
Now he says we should make friends with a dozen bots instead to compensate for the lack of friends.
futurism.com/zuckerberg-l...
After Zuck literally owning the social networking market for the past decade and a half, people now have, on average, less than three good friends.
Now he says we should make friends with a dozen bots instead to compensate for the lack of friends.
futurism.com/zuckerberg-l...
Incredibly stupid, but true: With the tariffs,Trump has also made it too costly to manufacture anything for export purposes in the US.
April 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Incredibly stupid, but true: With the tariffs,Trump has also made it too costly to manufacture anything for export purposes in the US.
USA represents less than 15% of all exports from China. It is entirely possible that CCP uses this opportunity to end trade with the US and invade Taiwan. They will then also cut the supply of rare earths to US, creating massive damage in the process. Trump clearly doesn't know what he's doing.
April 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
USA represents less than 15% of all exports from China. It is entirely possible that CCP uses this opportunity to end trade with the US and invade Taiwan. They will then also cut the supply of rare earths to US, creating massive damage in the process. Trump clearly doesn't know what he's doing.
I really like these predictions.
April 7, 2025 at 7:53 AM
I really like these predictions.
Corsaren on X figured out how Trump came up with the tariff numbers. He simply called the US trade deficit with each trading partner a "tariff" to make the US tariffs look reciprocal. Notably, Russia did not get any tariffs.
April 3, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Corsaren on X figured out how Trump came up with the tariff numbers. He simply called the US trade deficit with each trading partner a "tariff" to make the US tariffs look reciprocal. Notably, Russia did not get any tariffs.
Hegseth thinks future wars will be won with bigger muscles 😂
The Pentagon this week ordered the elimination of lower physical fitness standards for women in combat units, a move that is likely to hinder the recruitment and retention of women in particularly dangerous military jobs.
Hegseth Mandates Uniform Fitness Standards for Combat Roles
Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary, mandated that physical fitness requirements for combat jobs be “sex-neutral,” a move that is likely to significantly reduce the number of women who qualify.
www.nytimes.com
April 1, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Hegseth thinks future wars will be won with bigger muscles 😂
Europe should take the lead on progressing science now that the Trump administration is denying it from American universities.
I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity.
March 30, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Europe should take the lead on progressing science now that the Trump administration is denying it from American universities.
He was likely getting Putin's approval for the attacks.
Hold on, so Steve Witkoff was participating in the Signal group discussing war plans against Houthis while being physically in Moscow, perhaps even in the Kremlin? He met Putin late on March 13. Obviously the odds of Russia not compromising any device he would bring there are pretty slim.
March 25, 2025 at 8:55 AM
He was likely getting Putin's approval for the attacks.
American leadership has proven to have animosity against Europe. They have also proven to support Putin's Russia.
We live in strange times.
We live in strange times.
I think the Atlantic piece is probably the scoopiest scoop of the last few decades. And it has clarified one thing - other than the total idiocy of sending opsec over group chats - Hegseth and Vance have a genuine animosity towards Europe. Something for us all to ponder.
March 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
American leadership has proven to have animosity against Europe. They have also proven to support Putin's Russia.
We live in strange times.
We live in strange times.
Trump is making sure no country buys anything from the American military industrial complex anymore.
Great sales pitch!
Great sales pitch!
March 22, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Trump is making sure no country buys anything from the American military industrial complex anymore.
Great sales pitch!
Great sales pitch!
Who would have thought that European countries have to issue travel warnings to the US due to citizens being detained on the border for their personal worldviews?
Two news stories. TODAY.
The world no longer trusts the United States to safeguard its citizens.
The world no longer trusts the United States to safeguard its citizens.
March 20, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Who would have thought that European countries have to issue travel warnings to the US due to citizens being detained on the border for their personal worldviews?
It's hard to fathom but it's becoming dangerous to visit the US. You may be detained at the border for no reason.
March 20, 2025 at 10:36 AM
It's hard to fathom but it's becoming dangerous to visit the US. You may be detained at the border for no reason.
Europe is behind, but today's state of AI allows us to catch up with the American and Chinese options quickly. We need to increase our ambition level and stop being dependent on others. Regulation can't be the only thing Europe leads in.
techcrunch.com/2025/03/16/e...
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European tech industry coalition calls for 'radical action' on digital sovereignty — starting with buying local | TechCrunch
A broad coalition drawn from across the ranks of Europe's tech industry is calling for "radical action" from European Union lawmakers to shrink reliance
techcrunch.com
March 17, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Europe is behind, but today's state of AI allows us to catch up with the American and Chinese options quickly. We need to increase our ambition level and stop being dependent on others. Regulation can't be the only thing Europe leads in.
techcrunch.com/2025/03/16/e...
techcrunch.com/2025/03/16/e...
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I've been thinking a lot about what might be the missing piece for the agentic AI.
Which has led me astray from the key point @alasaarela.com seems to imply.
The emergence of full AI agency is imminent. Too much money and time is spent trying to discover the missing bits, for it not to be.
Which has led me astray from the key point @alasaarela.com seems to imply.
The emergence of full AI agency is imminent. Too much money and time is spent trying to discover the missing bits, for it not to be.
March 17, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I've been thinking a lot about what might be the missing piece for the agentic AI.
Which has led me astray from the key point @alasaarela.com seems to imply.
The emergence of full AI agency is imminent. Too much money and time is spent trying to discover the missing bits, for it not to be.
Which has led me astray from the key point @alasaarela.com seems to imply.
The emergence of full AI agency is imminent. Too much money and time is spent trying to discover the missing bits, for it not to be.
Keskustelen kello 15 alkavassa Kultturiykkösessä miten tekoäly vaikuttaa ihmisyyteen. Tule kuulolle!
Kuuntele Yle Areenassa:
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Kuuntele Yle Areenassa:
areena.yle.fi/radio/suorat...
Suorat
Yle Areena - Enemmän kuin ehdit katsoa ja kuunnella. Yle Areenassa on tarjolla radio- ja televisio-ohjelmia, suoria lähetyksiä sekä ohjelmatiedot.
areena.yle.fi
March 11, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Keskustelen kello 15 alkavassa Kultturiykkösessä miten tekoäly vaikuttaa ihmisyyteen. Tule kuulolle!
Kuuntele Yle Areenassa:
areena.yle.fi/radio/suorat...
Kuuntele Yle Areenassa:
areena.yle.fi/radio/suorat...
How would the US presidency be different if a hostile power installed a Manchurian candidate to destroy the country and dismantle its status as the leader of the free world?
I think the current one looks exactly like that.
I think the current one looks exactly like that.
March 11, 2025 at 5:29 AM
How would the US presidency be different if a hostile power installed a Manchurian candidate to destroy the country and dismantle its status as the leader of the free world?
I think the current one looks exactly like that.
I think the current one looks exactly like that.
Reposted by Mikko Alasaarela
True leadership means respect for partners and allies. Even for the smaller and weaker ones. Never arrogance. Dear friends, think about it.
March 10, 2025 at 7:58 AM
True leadership means respect for partners and allies. Even for the smaller and weaker ones. Never arrogance. Dear friends, think about it.
AGI tulee, ja samalla mullistuu kaikki. Meidän kannattaisi rakentaa kaikki hyvinvoinnin palvelut tekoälylle mahdollisimman nopeasti. Silloin olisimme turvassa tulevan murroksen myrskyn keskellä.
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HS Visio | Tekoälyn tuntija käänsi kelkkansa: Työpaikkoja tulee tuhoutumaan tavalla, jota kukaan ei ole osannut ennustaa
Historian merkittävin teknologiamullistus saattaa tulla jo vuoden tai kahden päästä, uskoo huippuhakkeri Mikko Alasaarela. Kun kone on kaikessa ajattelussa ja ideoinnissa ihmistä parempi, mikään ei ol...
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March 9, 2025 at 7:57 AM
AGI tulee, ja samalla mullistuu kaikki. Meidän kannattaisi rakentaa kaikki hyvinvoinnin palvelut tekoälylle mahdollisimman nopeasti. Silloin olisimme turvassa tulevan murroksen myrskyn keskellä.
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Trump's tariffs are benefiting Tesla against competition in the US. Who's surprised?
March 7, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Trump's tariffs are benefiting Tesla against competition in the US. Who's surprised?