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Carl Öhman
@cohman.bsky.social
Oxford PhD. Digital Ethics. AI. Socialism. 2020 winner of the UK Early Career Researcher Award. Assistant professor @UU_PoliSci, PI@wasp_hs
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@cohman.bsky.social is one of two receivers of this year's Oscar Prize at Uppsala University. Grats Carl!

"Carl Öhman's book The Afterlife of Data asks important questions about who should control the data we leave behind us, and by extension, our collective history."

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July 20, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Yesterday, Minds & Machines published this absolute bad boy of a paper! In it, Erik Olsson and I present a new theory of surveillance for the era of quantum computing, all based on his outstanding master's thesis that I had the honor of supervising last year.

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The Quantum Panopticon: A Theory of Surveillance for the Quantum Era - Minds and Machines
The advent of quantum computing will compromise current asymmetric cryptography. Awaiting this moment, global superpowers are routinely collecting and storing encrypted data, so as to later decrypt it...
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March 13, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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Lanserar ett nytt ord - Trumptydaren - för att beskriva den nya höger som plötsligt är förtjust i Trump.

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VICTOR MALM: Nu krigar svenska högern – om Trump
Delar av den svenska högern har uttryckt sympatier för Elon Musks härjningar i den amerikanska statsapparaten. Victor Malm går på djupet med näthögerns stora problem.
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February 16, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Oh this? It’s nothing really, it’s just Nature naming The Afterlife of Data one of 2024’s top 10 books 😅(🕺)

www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Thoughtless obedience and the healing power of trees: 2024’s best Books in brief
Bibliophile Andrew Robinson reveals 10 essential science reads from the past year.
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December 17, 2024 at 8:47 AM
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My first post here and first journal publication as a PhD student!
Did the ChatGPT boom change how the media talk about AI? We think that it did and try to answer how. The article with my amazing advisors @cohman.bsky.social and Johanna Björklund is now published!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
How ChatGPT Changed the Media’s Narratives on AI: A Semi-automated Narrative Analysis Through Frame Semantics - Minds and Machines
We perform a mixed-method frame semantics-based analysis on a dataset of more than 49,000 sentences collected from 5846 news articles that mention AI. The dataset covers the twelve-month period centre...
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December 12, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Glad to see Dutch Proudies list The Afterlife of Data as one of the 10 best books of 2024!

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Onze Top 10 Boeken van 2024
Het boekjaar 2024 heeft ons een indrukwekkende reeks literaire parels opgeleverd. Van meeslepende biografieën tot ontroerende romans en inspirerende non-fictie, hier is de top 10 van boeken die dit ja...
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December 11, 2024 at 1:03 PM
So pleased to see that @theguardian.com (too!) has named The Afterlife of Data one of the best books of 2024! Thanks!

www.theguardian.com/books/2024/d...
The best ideas books of 2024
Richard Dawkins’s greatest hits, the diaries of a sociopath and a history of the gut
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2024 at 3:08 PM
Stoked to learn that The Afterlife of Data has been selected for @economist.com's list of the best books of 2024!

www.economist.com/culture/2024...
The best books of 2024, as chosen by The Economist
Readers will never think the same way again about games, horses and spies
www.economist.com
December 3, 2024 at 3:06 PM
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Ändå fascinerande att allt som krävdes var en kronologisk tidslinje, att alla gemensamt bestämt sig för att blocka eller ignorera folk som bär sig illa åt.
Ska villigt erkänna att jag trodde Tiktok (och video) var framtiden, men det verkar onekligen som om det blir allt roligare här.
December 1, 2024 at 4:49 PM
ChatGPT revolutionised AI. But how did it change the media's narratives around it? In this paper, led by my brilliant PhD student Igor Ryazanov, we apply an automated framing analysis to a unique dataset of news articles to find out. The findings surprised us.

link.springer.com/article/10.1...
How ChatGPT Changed the Media’s Narratives on AI: A Semi-automated Narrative Analysis Through Frame Semantics - Minds and Machines
We perform a mixed-method frame semantics-based analysis on a dataset of more than 49,000 sentences collected from 5846 news articles that mention AI. The dataset covers the twelve-month period centre...
link.springer.com
November 25, 2024 at 8:38 PM
Många i Sverige har hört av sig för att förbeställa The Afterlife of Data men vill inte betala frakt från US. Tips: Från Svenska Amazon är frakten gratis och boken kostar 258 kr! Billig och skriven på mkt tillgänglig engelska. KÖP DEN IDAG!

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January 29, 2024 at 8:46 AM
Lyssna gärna på mig i lång intervju med fiska YLE om deepfakes, porr och politik!

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January 4, 2024 at 1:25 PM
Happy to share that my upcoming book "The Afterlife of Data" can now be pre-ordered on Amazon! If you're looking for an accessible and—so say the reviews—FUN book about what happens to your data when you die, please order a copy already—ONLY £18 for a hardcopy!!!

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January 4, 2024 at 1:19 PM
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Come work with us! We are hiring at least three new PhD students, fully funded.
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PhD Programme - Department of Government - Uppsala University, Sweden
PhD Programme
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December 6, 2023 at 1:34 PM