Writing
Op-eds, essays, and book chapters on media, technology, and artificial intelligence.
I write a column for Aftenposten, Norway’s leading broadsheet, and have contributed op-eds and essays to Dagens Næringsliv, Morgenbladet, Klassekampen, and Samtiden, among others. A selection appears below; pieces are in Norwegian, with a short English gloss. More of my Aftenposten writing is linked at the end.
Aftenposten columns
- KI-utviklingen kan forsterke fire klasseskiller som allerede finnesHow AI could deepen four class divides that already exist.
- Bengios KI-advarsler bør tas på alvorWhy Yoshua Bengio’s warnings about AI deserve to be taken seriously.
- Blir pressestøtten en «subsidiefelle» for uavhengige aviser?Are press subsidies becoming a ‘subsidy trap’ for independent newspapers?
- Nyhetsbruk i sosiale medier trenger ikke være farligWhy news use on social media need not be harmful.
- Trump styrkes når mediene svekkesTrump gains ground as the media weaken.
- KI-generert innhold koblet med personalisering er en reell trusselAI-generated content combined with personalisation as a genuine societal threat.
More at Aftenposten. That overview is incomplete: it omits older pieces and splits my work across several bylines (Tellef Raabe, Tellef S. Raabe, and Tellef Solbakk Raabe).
Other outlets
- Noen må teste KI-modellene Norge gjør seg avhengig avDagens Næringsliv — on independent testing of the AI models Norway is coming to rely on.
- Annonsemarkedets markedssvikt er ikke løstDagens Næringsliv — on the unresolved market failure in advertising.
- Erik Wilberg tar grunnleggende feil om papiravis som formatMedier24 — a rebuttal on the future of print as a format.
- Om aldring og omsorgssviktForskerforum — book review, on ageing and care.
- Medienes sekulariserende kraftForskerforum — book review, on the media and secularisation.
- Trenger vi nok en bok om 1968-opprøret i Norge?Forskerforum — book review, on Norway’s 1968.
Essays and book chapters
- Raabe, T. S. (2026) ‘KI truer journalistikkens fundament’, in H. S. Sætra and J. Lie (eds.) KI og veien videre for mediene. Fritt Ord. On how AI threatens the economic foundations of journalism.
- Raabe, T. S. (2020) ‘Leirbålene slukner’, Samtiden, 130(2), pp. 78–85. On whether a shared public sphere is still possible.
- Raabe, T. S. (2018) ‘Slutten på kommentariatets diktatur’, Samtiden, 128(4), pp. 104–109. Drawing on my MPhil research on political commentators.