WASP Program Director Amy Loutfi has recently featured in two major Swedish podcasts, offering wide-ranging reflections on how AI is reshaping research, industry, and society. Across both conversations, she highlights Sweden’s strengths, the importance of long-term competence building, and the need for collaboration across disciplines.
On 20 November, Amy joined Consid’s weekly podcast for an in-depth discussion about AI in research and everyday life.
The conversation spans the evolution of the field from the early 2000s to today’s explosive development and touches on the major societal questions that come with powerful AI systems. She also reflects on how AI can support learning, why some people use the technology quietly or “in secret,” and how embodied AI and human–robot collaboration are becoming increasingly central in research. Throughout the episode, she paints a picture of AI not as a replacement for human capability but as a force that can strengthen it.
Only a few days later, on 26 November, Amy appeared on Teknikvisionärerna, hosted by Magnus Aschan. There, the focus turns to Sweden’s long-term AI competence and WASP’s role in building it.
Amy describes how the program has grown into one of the country’s most significant research initiatives, with hundreds of PhD students and a goal of establishing strong research environments across multiple universities.
She speaks about the importance of compute resources like the Berzelius supercomputer and the move from general-purpose AI models toward AI systems trained on specialized data. She also discusses why Sweden now needs organizations that are ready to scale their AI efforts and move from pilot projects to real implementation.
Taken together, these two podcast appearances offer valuable insight into how the field is changing and what it will take to build capability for the decades ahead.
🎧 Listen to the Consid episode
🎧 Listen to the Teknikvisionärerna episode
Published: November 28th, 2025
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