This paper examines the development of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) meta-debate in Sweden before and after the release of ChatGPT. From the perspective of agenda-setting theory, we propose that it is an elite outside of party politics that is leading the debate -- i.e. that the politicians are relatively silent when it comes to this rapid development. We also suggest that the debate has become more substantive and risk-oriented in recent years. To investigate this claim, we draw on an original dataset of elite-level documents from the early 2010s to the present, using op-eds published in a number of leading Swedish newspapers. By conducting a qualitative content analysis of these materials, our preliminary findings lend support to the expectation that an academic, rather than a political elite is steering the debate.

翻译：本文考察了ChatGPT发布前后瑞典关于人工智能（AI）元辩论的发展态势。基于议程设置理论视角，我们提出主导该辩论的是政党政治之外的精英群体——即面对AI技术的迅猛发展，政界人士相对保持沉默。研究同时指出，近年来相关讨论已趋于实质化且更侧重风险研判。为验证这一观点，我们构建了2010年代初至今的精英层文献原创数据集，素材来源于多家瑞典主流报纸发表的专栏评论文章。通过对这些材料进行定性内容分析，初步研究结果支持了我们的预期：主导AI议程辩论的是学术精英而非政治精英。