Magnús Smári Smárason
Technology that serves life. Not the other way around.
Digital automation — human agency.
A place to get your bearings: I filter and share what matters in the world of language models and automation — news, writing, and learning for people who want to understand the technology, not just use it.
NowIn Norway, visiting my sister and her family.
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Technology serves those who understand it — not those who surrender their judgment.
Systems I've Built
Temjum tæknina
Conversations about AI and society. Exploring the human side of the technology revolution.
These songs are composed by AI (Suno) from a brief I write myself to capture the spirit of each Temjum tæknina episode. All of it is AI — the music is an output, not an author.
Taminn tækni (Tamed technology) — AI-read five-minute summaries of each Temjum tæknina episode. The English voice comes from a local model on my own machine; the Icelandic from ElevenLabs. Every summary opens by disclosing that both the voice and the summary are AI.
For 16 years I trained myself to diagnose complex systems under intense pressure. Now I apply that same thinking to AI governance.
Magnús Smári Smárason
I work at the boundary of technology and humanity: designing and building software driven by large language models and agentic systems — while researching how humanity relates to technological change. That is where the question comes from that drives all of it: how do we preserve human agency inside digital automation?
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My primary focus is AI governance research at the University of Akureyri. I also advise institutions and speak at events on request.
If your work involves institutional AI governance, critical infrastructure, or high-stakes strategy — I would be glad to hear from you.