I work with AI tools professionally as a lead developer — and I have built my whole team's ways of working with them. I argue from hands-on experience, not theory. AI is the most significant productivity transformation of our time, and Finland must engage with it actively and critically.
AI amplifies both capability and bias. In public-sector applications — benefits decisions, permit processing, predictive policing — the stakes are too high to deploy systems without transparency and human oversight. I advocate for auditable algorithms in consequential decisions, open-source models where feasible, and mandatory human review for decisions that affect individual rights.
The more powerful AI becomes, the more important privacy protections are. AI systems are data-hungry; without strong data protection rules, they become surveillance infrastructure. The EU AI Act is a step in the right direction, but implementation must be substantive — not checkbox compliance.
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AI helps secure municipal services, but it is not free
In Konnevesi, AI cut processing time for road grants from two months to days. Kirkkonummi is too small to act alone — but collaboration makes change possible.
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AI changes what developers get paid for
AI does in two minutes what used to take a developer two weeks. The price of code is collapsing — but what will developers get paid for instead?
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2026 is the year of AI
AI is changing society — but perhaps not as you imagine. The biggest changes will be in private life and in the everyday lives of children.
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AI cannot do everything
AI has been presented as a solution for improving public services. It may have a role, but cannot replace people or clear strategic planning.
