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Per Arne Godejord

@pagodejord.bsky.social

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A Norwegian senior lecturer in Social Informatics, who focuses on Social Cybersecurity and Digital Preparedness, finds the idea that chatbots are AI hysterically ridiculous. #NAFO member since 2023. https://www.nord.no/om/ansatte/per-arne-godejord

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Per Arne Godejord @pagodejord.bsky.social · Jul 5

The current idea that chatbots are "AI" and claims that computers can now truly think is a reflection of the imbalance between rapid technological progress and the widespread lack of scientific literacy. In the past, people fervently believed in demons and UFOs. Today, it's AI.

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Per Arne Godejord @pagodejord.bsky.social · 2h

Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics assume AI has moral agency, but chatbots don’t understand harm, personhood, or obedience. Relying on fiction for ethics is risky. We need real legal frameworks, not sci-fi rules. #AIethics #Chatbots #Asimov #TechPolicy

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Chatbots and Consequences: AI, Moral Agency and the Fallacy of Asimov’s Laws

‘AI CHATBOT ENCOURAGED SON’S SUICIDE’, a news headline reads: a 14-year-old boy had died after being encouraged to commit suicide by a…

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 10h

So when I hear of students being encouraged to use GPT in college I don’t hear innovation. I hear cognitive atrophy, the inability to think critically for oneself, and total dependence on vulnerable centralized repositories of data for knowledge without ever understanding how knowledge is generated.

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Per Arne Godejord @pagodejord.bsky.social · 2h

Friday isn’t over yet, so still time to follow a few more fellas #NAFO

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 10h

One curious thing on this site about speaking out against the encroachment of LLMs is that inevitably you get accused of being anti-tech. I don’t hate technology. I’ve used machine learning in my own code before. But I also recognize that oligarchs are so hellbent on pushing this tech for a reason.

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Una Bergmane @unabergmane.bsky.social · 1d

"(...)the narrative construction of Russia as a victim, draws attention from what Russia does, by way of creating a false image of a threat towards Russian territorial integrity and sovereignty"

Excellent analysis by @katri.bsky.social and @atolvin.bsky.social

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Reconstructing Kremlin strategic deception: the logic of disinformation narratives during the first phase of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine

Official Kremlin rhetoric about the ‘special military operation’ produces clashing, often contrasting interpretations of reality. This article applies perspectives from Soviet ideological language ...

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Per Arne Godejord @pagodejord.bsky.social · 3h

Ah yes, the humanitarian who ends wars by starting them, saves lives by ignoring pandemics, and moves mountains—mostly of classified documents. Truly, the Nobel Committee missed a trick there. At least according to the White House communications director

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Nobel Peace Prize goes to María Corina Machado, Venezuela’s opposition leader | CNN

The winner of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize was revealed at a ceremony in the Norwegian capital of Oslo. Follow for live updates

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Per Arne Godejord @pagodejord.bsky.social · 3h

"Use your brain. Save a gallon of water."... Excellent piece by Ocheze Amuzie! 👍

Artificial Intelligence News @knowentry.com · 7h

stanforddaily.com/2025/10/09/s... #AI #artificialintelligence

Stop talking about AI already

Amuzie urges humanity to "stop taking our very sapience for granted for the sake of optimization and profit maximization" in her latest piece for The Grind.

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Per Arne Godejord @pagodejord.bsky.social · 4h

This article investigates the cognitive foundations of Ukrainian war-related black humour memes through their conceptual modelling.

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View of Black humour in Ukrainian war memes | The European Journal of Humour Research

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Per Arne Godejord @pagodejord.bsky.social · 4h

Digital Warfare explores how digital media reshape conflict, identity & resistance in the Russo-Ukrainian war. Blurring lines between civilian & military, it offers vital insights into tech-driven warfare & information politics. #DigitalWar #MediaStudies #Ukraine

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Digital Warfare | University Press Library Open

<p>In the digital era, who do you become when war breaks out in your own country? Self-perception in digital spaces, with digital tools and digital minds during the Russo-Ukrainian war.</p><p><h4>Revi...

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Per Arne Godejord @pagodejord.bsky.social · 4h

KI-hypen i utviklingsbransjen må møtes med kritisk refleksjon. Premature verktøy, svekket faglig fellesskap og etiske blindsoner truer kvalitet og innovasjon. Vi trenger mer diskusjon, skriver Arja Sivapiragasam #AIethics #SoftwareEngineering #kritisktenkning

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Skremt av AI-hype: «Går kaldt nedover ryggen min»

– Jeg savner diskusjoner blant utviklere om hva vi nå står ovenfor, skriver Arja Sivapiragasam.

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Per Arne Godejord @pagodejord.bsky.social · 4h

A study reveals TikTok users in Germany are disproportionately exposed to Russian & Chinese disinformation. Younger audiences show increased belief in conspiracy theories. Media literacy is now more vital than ever. #Disinformation #TikTok #Democracy

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German TikTokers more susceptible to Russian fake news, says report

TikTok users and young people in Germany are significantly less suspicious and have a more favourable view of Moscow and Beijing, according to the study, which flags it as a concern ahead of Germany's...

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Per Arne Godejord @pagodejord.bsky.social · 4h

Popular metaphors like "infodemic" and "information warfare" oversimplify the spread of misinformation. #ComplexityScience #Misinformation #Policy

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The complexity of misinformation extends beyond virus and warfare analogies - npj Complexity

npj Complexity - The complexity of misinformation extends beyond virus and warfare analogies

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Per Arne Godejord @pagodejord.bsky.social · 4h

TikTok’s sound features are reshaping propaganda. Bösch & Divon reveal how audio memes, viral sounds & platform dynamics fuel mis/disinformation during the Ukraine invasion. A new typology of “aural warfare” emerges. #DigitalPropaganda #TikTokWar #MediaStudies

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The sound of disinformation: TikTok, computational propaganda, and the invasion of Ukraine - Marcus Bösch, Tom Divon, 2024

TikTok has emerged as a powerful platform for the dissemination of mis- and disinformation about the war in Ukraine. During the initial three months after the R...

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Per Arne Godejord @pagodejord.bsky.social · 4h

Verdensdagen for psykisk helse minner oss om at mental egenberedskap er en kritisk del av totalberedskapen. Robusthet, rutiner og relasjoner styrker både individet og samfunnets evne til å stå i kriser. #psykiskhelse #beredskap #resiliens #totalforsvar

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Mental egenberedskap – vårt mest undervurderte forsvar

Vi må tenke igjennom hvordan vi kan leve hverdagslivene våre i en krisesituasjon.

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Per Arne Godejord @pagodejord.bsky.social · 8h

The CCP’s funding of activism is framed not as solidarity but as “unrestricted warfare”: exploiting polarisation, digital platforms, and social justice causes to weaken Western cohesion. What appears as progress may in fact be strategic destabilisation

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The Chinese Funding of Activism: Designed for War

Political movements and cultural conflicts are shaping Western societies. Social media, mainstream media, and both the right and left sides of the political aisle are contributing to the current polar...

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Per Arne Godejord @pagodejord.bsky.social · 8h

PRC disinformation has intensified, amplifying pro‑China narratives, suppressing criticism, and destabilising NATO states. With "AI" tools, TikTok, and cooperation with Russia, these campaigns spread faster than ever, demanding stronger Allied resilience.

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2025 – CHINESE DISINFORMATION – REPORT – TEITELBAUM – 011 CDSRCS | NATO PA

NATO Parliamentary Assembly

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Per Arne Godejord @pagodejord.bsky.social · 8h

So-called "Generative AI" is overrated for academic writing. It may draft quickly, but the outputs are often hollow, error‑prone, and uncritical. True scholarship requires clarity, deep work, and critical thinking—capacities no algorithm can

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Why generative AI is overrated for writing scientific papers - Researchers' Writing Academy

My critical view on how useful ChatGPT really is to write scientific papers and my top recommendations for getting the most out of generative AI for your academic writing.

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Per Arne Godejord @pagodejord.bsky.social · 8h

So-called "Generative AI" can assist with incremental discoveries but lacks the curiosity, imagination, and anomaly recognition required for fundamental science. Without these human faculties, it remains a tool for pattern recognition, not paradigm-shifting discovery

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Generative AI lacks the human creativity to achieve scientific discovery from scratch - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Generative AI lacks the human creativity to achieve scientific discovery from scratch

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Per Arne Godejord @pagodejord.bsky.social · 8h

So called "Generative AI" has delivered breakthroughs, but not transformation. The “value gap” lies between technical capability and organisational adoption.

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Generative AI is Still a Science Experiment

The breakthroughs have happened. The transformation hasn’t.

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Per Arne Godejord @pagodejord.bsky.social · 10h

Monthly ‘quantum breakthroughs’ gleam brighter in press releases than in qubit counts—cold-fusion redux? So called "Generative AI"’s matrix wizardry is impressive, yet it remains statistical machinery, not digital omniscience. #QuantumHype #GenerativeAI

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Fields medalist: 'As of today we have no quantum computer. It does not exist.'

Mathematician Efim Zelmanov, Fields medalist and cryptography expert, warns about the hype generated in the market around quantum computing. "I don't like the culture that exists in this field, which ...

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Per Arne Godejord @pagodejord.bsky.social · 10h

Its Friday! #NAFO

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UkraineWorld @ukraineworld.bsky.social · 1d

Cybersecurity: What the World is Learning from Ukraine

Taras Tymoshchuk talks about the Ukrainian IT sector and the secret of its success, key wartime technologies and domestic developments, and the cyber war:
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Support us: www.patreon.com/c/ukraineworld.

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Per Arne Godejord @pagodejord.bsky.social · 1d

Professor Kucirkova har rett: Bruken av samtaleroboter bør ikke styres av hva som er teknologisk mulig, men av hva som fremmer menneskelig vekst. Kritisk digital dannelse krever at vi også definerer hva slike verktøy ikke skal brukes til. #kritiskdigitalitet

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Nå trenger vi ideer til hva vi ikke skal bruke KI til

GJESTEKOMMENTAR: På 1500-tallet tvang Thomas Hobson, en stallmester i Cambridge, kundene sine til å ta den hesten som sto nærmest døren. Det kunne se ut som om kundene fritt kunne velge hvilken hest d...

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Per Arne Godejord @pagodejord.bsky.social · 2d

Nasjonal sikkerhetsmåned 2025

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Oktober i akademia: Digital beredskap når Russland og Kina banker på labdøra

Oktober er Nasjonal sikkerhetsmåned. I universitets- og høgskolesektoren handler det ikke lenger primært om å holde kriminelle på avstand – men om å håndtere målrettede, langsiktige operasjoner fra ru...

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Per Arne Godejord @pagodejord.bsky.social · 2d

Nasjonal sikkerhetsmåned 2025

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Digital beredskap er en borgerplikt

Oktober er Nasjonal sikkerhetsmåned, og temaet er digital beredskap. Men hva betyr det egentlig for deg og meg? I et Norge der alt fra banktjenester til barnehagekommunikasjon er digitalt, er ikke sik...