Tech experts criticise Ulf Kristersson as newspaper accuses him of falling for ‘the oligarchs’ AI psychosis’

The Swedish prime minister, Ulf Kristersson, has come under fire after admitting that he regularly consults AI tools for a second opinion in his role running the country.

Kristersson, whose Moderate party leads Sweden’s centre-right coalition government, said he used tools including ChatGPT and the French service LeChat. His colleagues also used AI in their daily work, he said.

  • Kühlschrank@lemmy.worldEnglish
    917·
    12 days ago

    I mean there’s nothing wrong with bouncing ideas off a chatbot. If you’re too dumb to understand that it’s not an authority and that it has no capacity for judgment then you shouldn’t be in charge of anything anyway.

    • poVoq@slrpnk.netMEnglish
      232·
      12 days ago

      As the PM of Sweden sharing potentially sensitive information with a foreign secret service controlled chatbot should be cause for immediate dismissal.

      • Kühlschrank@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        11 days ago

        Did I somehwere imply that would be okay? The hivemind seems to be reading a lot into my comment.

        • poVoq@slrpnk.netMEnglish
          2·
          11 days ago

          I mean there’s nothing wrong with bouncing ideas off a chatbot.

          Is what you literally said. As the PM of a country there is a lot wrong with doing that, as these chats are not private and the other side allows the CIA etc. to directly listen in.

          • Kühlschrank@lemmy.worldEnglish
            11·
            11 days ago

            Bouncing ideas and sharing sensitive information are not always the same thing, even if you’re PM.

            • poVoq@slrpnk.netMEnglish
              21·
              11 days ago

              Imagine the USSR setting up a telephone hotline with “helpful advise” for foreign government officials… this is literally the 21st century version of that.

    • Saleh@feddit.orgEnglish
      151·
      12 days ago

      I expect the Prime Minister to bounce ideas off his various advisers and if necessary outside experts on special topics, who have conducted a proper analysis before.

    • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.caEnglish
      54·
      12 days ago

      nah, the way this was presented, entirely wrong

      “what factors might be involved in xyz situation?” - ok

      “is this the right choice?” - not ok

      • Kühlschrank@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        11 days ago

        He says he asks “What have others done? And should we think the complete opposite?” - sounds quite different than “is this the right choice” to me.