Magnús Smári Smárason

Koparhljóðnemi tengdur glóandi prófhefti — málverk í smrhs-stíl.

The Amplifier on Morning Radio

I joined Morgunvaktin on Rás 1 about the Danish exam results, the comfort trap and AI in schools. Falling grades are a symptom, not a cause — and the gate was never there.

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July 2, 2026

AI

The Human & the Machine

It's not a box, it's a bucket

A conversation with Pietro Segreto about publishing, knowledge and AI — gatekeepers, the statistical shadow, the glass box of 1423, and the bucket each generation fills.

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June 2, 2026

Magnús Smári Smárason

AI

The Human & the Machine

AI won't learn the golf swing for you

Guðmundur Smári Gunnarsson and I start with golf and end in a larger conversation about the body, rhythm and AI as a training partner. Skill is built in the body.

aitaming-technology

May 22, 2026

Magnús Smári Smárason

AI

Craft & Prompts

From recording to release — how AI works with me on the podcast

How AI fits into making Temjum tæknina — from recording to release — with Dr. Sigrún Stefánsdóttir. The conversation is the raw material; the machine works from it, never instead of it.

aitaming-technology

May 15, 2026

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AI

The Human & the Machine

The Glove Is a Database

Emergency medics have always known context engineering — they just called it a handover. The same skill now separates useful AI work from noise.

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April 20, 2026

Magnús Smári Smárason

AI

Craft & Prompts

I Ran My Own DevOps Prompts Against My Portfolio Site

I built four DevOps prompts for AI coding agents and ran them against my own portfolio site. The results were honest, useful, and occasionally humbling.

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March 16, 2026

Magnús Smári Smárason

AI

Governance & Sovereignty

When AI Becomes Judge (Part 2): The Double Standard: When AI Judges Students

If it is considered administrative malpractice to use Claude to judge the contribution of scholars, why is it considered "academic integrity" to use Turnitin to judge the originality of a student?

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January 24, 2026

Magnús Smári Smárason

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AI

Craft & Prompts

Power Prompts v.1

Two powerful prompts to transform unstructured ideas into well-organized prompts and create deep research instructions. These tools help you get more out of AI tools like Claude, ChatGPT, and Perplexity.

Prompt EngineeringAIClaude

December 10, 2025

Magnús Smári Smárason

AI

Governance & Sovereignty

From Shadow AI to Strategy: Analyzing Systemic Risk in the Modern Workplace

A recent global report from KPMG and the University of Melbourne (Trust, attitudes and use of artificial intelligence: A global study 2025) confirms a troubling trend: 70% of employees who use AI at work use free, public AI tools, while 34% report guidance on generative AI use and 6% report a ban.

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November 12, 2025

Magnús Smári Smárason

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AI

Governance & Sovereignty

UBI: The Policy No One Believes In — Until It Pays Their Bills

Nobody Believes in UBI Until the Direct Deposit Hits

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August 15, 2025

Magnús Smári Smárason