Writings

I write expert articles to explore ideas, spark teams and products, and create international conversations around the impact and opportunities of technology.

Jarno M. Koponen's writings have been published e.g. on TechCrunch, TNW and VentureBeat.

Here are selected articles sorted by the source exploring the topics of AI, user experience design, personalization, news media, data science, machine learning and multidisciplinary leadership.

TechCrunch

To save independent journalism, media must embrace web3 innovation (2022) https://techcrunch.com/2022/02/08/to-save-independent-journalism-media-must-embrace-web3-innovation/

Get ready for a new era of personalized entertainment (2019) https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/13/get-ready-for-a-new-era-of-personalized-entertainment/ 

A new hope: AI for news media (2018) https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/12/a-new-hope-ai-for-news-media/ 

AI on your lock screen (2017) https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/13/ai-on-your-lock-screen/ 

The next AI is no AI (2016) https://techcrunch.com/2016/05/07/the-next-ai-is-no-ai/ 

Your Algorithmic Self Meets Super-Intelligent AI (2015) https://techcrunch.com/2015/12/14/your-algorithmic-self-meets-super-intelligent-ai/ 

Is Personalized Discovery A Feature, Category Or New Paradigm (2015) https://techcrunch.com/2015/09/19/is-personalized-discovery-a-feature-category-or-new-paradigm/ 

The Future Of Algorithmic Personalization (2015) https://techcrunch.com/2015/06/25/the-future-of-algorithmic-personalization/ 

We Need Algorithmic Angels (2015) https://techcrunch.com/2015/04/18/we-need-algorithmic-angels/ 

VentureBeat

Forget user experience. AI must focus on ‘citizen experience’ (2021) https://venturebeat.com/2021/01/31/forget-user-experience-ai-must-focus-on-citizen-experience/

UI + AI: Combine user experience design with machine learning to build smarter products (2019) https://venturebeat.com/2019/02/09/ui-ai-combine-user-experience-design-with-machine-learning-to-build-smarter-products/ 

TNW

AI-Powered information operations and new citizenship (2021) https://thenextweb.com/news/ai-powered-information-operations-and-new-citizenship 

Journalism.co.uk

Where does journalism belong in an AI-powered news ecosystem? (2020) https://www.journalism.co.uk/news-commentary/what-is-the-place-of-journalism-in-an-ai-powered-news-ecosystem-/s6/a772314/ 

London School of Economics – Polis

The building blocks of next generation news media (2020) https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/polis/2020/05/14/tools-for-democracy-the-building-blocks-of-next-generation-news-media/ 

Tekniikka & Talous

Ennakoiva organisaatio – kestävämpi organisaatio rakennetaan tulevaisuutta luotaavan tekoälyn avulla (2020) https://www.tekniikkatalous.fi/uutiset/puheenvuoro-ennakoiva-organisaatio-kestavampi-organisaatio-rakennetaan-tulevaisuutta-luotaavan-tekoalyn-avulla/1c4ae769-824d-46af-9a1d-6061da36f267  (FI)

Yle & Yle News Lab

Who decides what journalism is and what makes the news headlines in the digital era? (2019) https://newslab.yle.fi/blog/5uBorMxIwznsClwoVsMNDr 

Suunta, fokus, rytmi ja rauha — 7 pointtia innovaation ja monialatiimin vetämisestä (2021) https://newslab.yle.fi/blog/20I5s2rnFvXwloC9aBnmRU (FI)

Pando

Your data is your interface (2013) https://pando.com/2013/04/17/your-data-is-your-interface/ 

Tulevaisuuden minä rakentuu verkossa (a book chapter in Silmät auki sosiaaliseen mediaan published by The Committee for the Future, Parliament of Finland and TIVIA, 2011)

Read: the whole book (pdf) https://tivia.fi/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Silmät-auki-sosiaaliseen-mediaan-2-painos-PDF.pdf (FI)

Read more: https://tivia.fi/silmat-auki-sosiaaliseen-mediaan/(FI)

FutureSelf: Emerging digitized life patterns and a personal future simulation system (Futures, Volume 42, Issue 9, November 2010, Pages 981-994. 2010)

Read: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0016328710001928 

“The Future of Personal Digital Information – Scarce Resource, Valuable Commodity or an Efficient Utility?” (Short paper in OPEN 2009, Media Lab Doctor of Arts Symposium, Media Lab, University of Art and Design Helsinki, November 5.–6. 2009)

Read: https://paperzz.com/doc/8787431/the-future-of-personal-digital-information-–-scarce-resource

FutureSelf: Reflections on a Personal Future Simulation System (Master thesis, Aalto Media Lab, 2009)

Read: http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:aalto-201404231721