Mikko Kärenlampi

Back in 2021, I wrote a blog post titled The Singularity — an attempt to grapple with the accelerating progress of artificial intelligence and where it might lead. Looking back now, in 2025, it’s clear that some of those thoughts have aged surprisingly well, while others reflect the popular narratives of their time — particularly […]

DNAfit is a service that promises to provide all kinds of information about customers through genetic testing. I decided to use the service because I am interested in trying to be healthier and to lose weight. I expected to find out something interesting related to those things. Because I had previously used the 23andMe genetic

The AI singularity is the point in time when artificial intelligence becomes more intelligent than humans. Once the singularity is achieved AI can start improving itself and become smarter and smarter at an exponential rate. A machine with an amazingly intelligent “brain” could have big effects on science and the world. Current AI is “narrow

This is the first website I’ve created using WordPress. In the beginning, WP seemed really complicated and unintuitive. The settings were scattered in the menus seemingly at random. It took some time to find everything. And once everything was found, the next question was: is this it? Is this all that WP can do? It

Human beings can live on many kinds of diets. They can thrive on them, or they can get ill from them, or something in between. Most people in the world do not have much choice in what or how much they get to eat. In rich countries, people can make choices. The choices can be

A few years ago, I purchased a 23andMe genetic test. The test package arrived in the mail, I spat into a tube, and sent the saliva for analysis. Once the analysis was completed, I got access to much interesting and fun information about myself. What did I find out? I found out that my recent

How should we think about biotech? Is it an integral part of a positive future for humanity and the planet? Or is it a negative influence that will lead to our destruction? Biotech evokes many kinds of questions. Positive: Will we be able to eradicate all diseases? Will we be able to feed the whole