An interview with IIIM director, Kristinn R. Thórisson, in Iceland Review. He met journalist Mica Allan to talk about the rapid technological enhancements in AI and how IIIM seeks to brings together leading forces in academia and industry to foster the exchange of ideas and inventions and thus built a bridge between academia and industry, which are interdependent. He also speaks of IIIM’s unique stand when it comes to ethical matters by refusing to use military funding for their research and development and the futuristic idea of artificial intelligence taking over the world.