A Town Crier against Gen AI: Provocative Thinker Takes on the Tech Bros

Johan Cedmar-Brandstedt is the “ethical town crier” about generative AI. His voice is well known online — especially on LinkedIn — where he speaks as an articulate and persistent critic of generative artificial intelligence. He seems to comment on nearly every AI post, and he clearly relishes debate on the future of AI and human creativity. Johan’s voice is necessary and insightful as he continuously counters and critiques the various narratives about our “AI futures.”

Johan also has a background in cartooning and comic books, working with internationally licensed properties. For him, Gen AI holds technical and creative promise, but as he says “it doesn't math.” In fact, in this episode, Johan explains how he believes that we need complete model disgorgement and a clean data restart from informed opt-in licensing, and how he sees AI companies today engaging in predatory and explotative business practices.