Scandinavian MIND

This week we're guested by Helsinki based Olof Hoverfält works as strategy & business design consultant at technology company Reaktor. Olof has made a name for himself as a writer and public speaker with expertise in artificial intelligence.In this episode, Olof talks about:How AI is used when facing problems we’ve never encountered before.The mystery of how machines learn to identify objects.How children and algorithms tend to just identify processes, even though we don’t know exactly how.The bias issue of AI.The complexity of creating language models, and the simplicity of applying them.How popular culture affects AI and vice versa.The myth of machines and AI taking human jobs.Can AI be creative, or is that a uniquely human trait?The Scandinavian Mind podcast is a bi-weekly show, about the intersection of lifestyle and technology. Every Wednesday, we publish an in-depth interview with an innovator from the worlds of design, fashion, beauty, mobility or tech. And every Friday, we publish a panel talk or other behind the scenes content from the world of Scandinavian MIND.

On the show today:Former Christie’s boss Loïc Gouzer’s newly started company Particle.Banksy’s Love Is In The Air painting is being cut up to 10,000 digital pieces as NFTs.Is shared ownership taking away the value of an art piece?The ins and outs of Chinese car brand Nio’s launch into the Norwegian market.With:Konrad Olsson, Editor-in-Chief & FounderRoland Philippe Kretzschmar, Editor-at-Large for future and digitisationErik Sedin, Junior Editor

We revisit a live panel talk from the Swedish pavilion at Expo 2020 in Dubai, which was part of our activities during space week earlier this fall. The panel discusses how space can act as an accelerant for good on earth — specifically in fighting poaching. Panel members are Professor Jan Staël von Holstein, Herman Stander, Peace Parks Foundation, Cecilia Hertz, Umbilical Design, and Tina Sjögren, CEO Pythomspace.The panel talk touches upon:How to stop poaching from a birds eyes view.Using satellites to increase connectivity in isolated African societies.How the massive deforestation issue can be tracked from above to see who’s the culprit.Where does the demand for ivory and rhino horns come from?How all sales of illegal horns became illegal in China.The hardest job is to change people’s minds.Seeing through the dark and seeing through clouds with new technologies.Wild ideas for wildlife.This conversation is part of ChangeMakers, a series of podcasts, panel talks and live interviews, produced in collaboration with the Swedish participation at Expo 2020 Dubai.

On the show today:This week’s travel guide to Sognefjorden, the breathtakingly beautiful and big fjord in Norway.Our favourite memories and projects from Virgil Abloh.How Jack Dorsey’s tech empire is accelerating with Square’s name change to Block.The future of mobility via water travel.Takeaways from Slush 2021 in Helsinki, with mini-interviews from Urho Konttori, CEO and co-founder of Varjo, and Johanna Norrman, CEO and founder of It’s Re:Leased.Scandinavian MIND Weekly is our show about current trends and events within business, tech, fashion, design, culture, and more. From the Nordic perspective of our team of editors and contributors.With:Konrad Olsson, Editor-in-Chief & FounderRoland Philippe Kretzschmar, Editor-at-Large for future and digitisationErik Sedin, Junior Editor

Carl-Oscar Lawaczeck has been an aeroplane pilot for more than a decade but is now taking another trajectory within aviation — airships. Lawaczeck is the CEO of OceanSky, a Swedish based aviation company that seeks to disrupt air travel through the reinvention of LTA, Lighter-than-air technology.In this episode, Carl-Oscar talks about: The safety of lighter than air technologiesHow airships are more similar to travelling on the water than in the airWhy OceanSky is staring out in the luxury spaceHow to change our living patterns and only use 20% of what we use today.The smoothness and flexibility of 360 vertical take-off and landings.Are people ready to give up time to save emissions?This conversation is part of ChangeMakers, a series of podcasts, panel talks and live interviews, produced in collaboration with the Swedish participation at Expo 2020 Dubai.

We invite Scandinavian MIND editor-at-large Fredrik Ekström to speak on The New Sustainable Consumer, to be released on December 9. In the quantitative report, Fredrik clarifies sustainability with toolkits to thrive in this time of rapid transformation, highlighting areas where brands can win, directions for success, and consumer profiles we should be talking to now, and how to speak with them.Today on the show:A ground report from the newly opened digital culture hub Space in Stockholm, which boasts the world biggest gaming centre.An introduction to The New Sustainable Consumer report.Arts and crafts in Oulu.With:Fredrik Ekström, Editor-At-Large, Sustainability and Branding.Konrad Olsson, Editor-in-Chief & Founder.Roland Philippe Kretzschmar, Editor-at-Large for future and digitisation.Erik Sedin, Junior Editor.