Reflections of AI: A Trilogy in Four Parts
Talk given at GOTO; Copenhagen 2025 October 3, 2025.
Reflecting on the era of AI, I present my views as “A Trilogy in Four Parts”:
- The impact of generative AI adoption
- The [hidden] price of AI adoption
- Useful AI in a world saturated with LLMs
- How to build [valuable AI] solutions
We start with a nod to Douglas Adams and discussion on the latest research showing the dark side of AI but ends on a silver lining on possible uses of AI.
I promise a mix of rants, wakeup calls, and laughs.
References
- The Impact of AI on Developer Productivity: Evidence from GitHub Copilot
- BlueOptima: The Impact of Generative AI on Software Developer Performance
- Large Language Models, Small Labor Market Effects
- Apple: The Illusion of Thinking: Understanding the Strengths and Limitations of Reasoning Models via the Lens of Problem Complexity
- GitHub Copilot: Meet the new coding agent
- GitClear: AI Copilot Code Quality
- AI-Generated “Workslop” Is - Destroying Productivity
- The Era of the Business Idiot
- AI is not killing jobs, US study finds
- Breat Cancer
- The Impact of Generative AI on Critical Thinking: Self-Reported Reductions in Cognitive Effort and Confidence Effects From a Survey - of Knowledge Workers
- ChatGPT is Bullshit
- Klarna’s New AI Tool Does The Work Of 700 Customer Service Reps
- As Klarna flips from AI-first to hiring people again, a new landmark survey reveals most AI projects fail to deliver
- Wardley, Simon: Pioneers, Settlers, and Town Planners
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