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Here you will find all our work and everything others write about us. We are constantly working to produce new content, including notes, consultation input, chronicles and debate posts.
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What will happen to the jobs?
Framework for understanding KI's effect on the economy.
AI risk is many things — that's why we need multiple conversations at the same time
KI risk is not one thing. When we mix together concrete, political and long-term dangers, debate and policy become demanding.
A golden year for AI
2026 will be a golden moment for artificial intelligence. We should enjoy it while it lasts.
Data is not like oil. It's better.
Data lacks what we had for oil: an institutional architecture around the resource.
Norway contributes to the growth of others
AI is becoming the most important infrastructure of our time. Norway has significant financial interests, but is falling behind in the industrial sector. It makes us rich as investors -- and vulnerable as business.
Pseudocode is easy -- politics is hard. The AI Commanders Build the Bridge
if/else solves nothing in an adaptive, complex system like Norway. AI policy requires systems understanding, considerations of nature, security and voter acceptance—and it requires common principles before we can write the concrete features.
AI threats in the short and long term
The fact that KI is causing serious problems today does not mean that we can dismiss the threats of the future.
Data centers aren't the problem -- poor prioritization is
Data centers are portrayed as a threat to Norwegian industry and the power system. The figures show that the risks lie in unclear frameworks, not in the data centres themselves.
A new project for the state: The baby package
Stewardship of the natural resources and the welfare state are two of our nation's greatest triumphs. What is the next big project for A/S Norway?
Input to the strategy for Norway's cooperation with the World Bank
Norway should see its cooperation with the World Bank, particularly IDA, as more than an aid tool - it should be part of our long-term strategy to contribute to a stable and resilient world with less inequality and less poverty. Here are nine inputs on how.
Media coverage
Bevilgningene til effektiv bistand bør økes, ikke reduseres
Lederartikkelen i Dagens Perspektiv argumenterer for økt bevilgning til effektiv bistand, og refererer til Langsikt sin bistandsbudsjettanalyse og Eirik Mofoss sin podkastsamtale med Ness om bistand.
When artificial intelligence scares itself
How should we react to companies continuing to develop software they themselves believe is a danger to humanity? Academic Manager Aksel Braanen Sterri is interviewed in Minerva.
Five happy things in biotechnology
Molecular biologist and senior advisor Sigrid Bratlie explains five biotechnology breakthroughs. They sound like science fiction, but are happening right now.
Will examine the use of consultants in the assistance
Senior adviser Cindy Robles is interviewed stating that the World Bank has replied to the State Department that it has nothing to defer on the cost level of Abyrint.
Cindy Robles om norsk støtte til Verdensbanken: – Ikke like hot å gi penger til kjernen
Norske bistandspenger går til dyre særfond med fancy logoer fremfor der de gjør mest nytte, mener seniorrådgiver i Langsikt og tidligere Verdensbank-ansatt.
Podcast with Cindy Robles about the World Bank
Senior adviser Cindy Robles has guested on the podcast World Problems to discuss the government's new strategy for the World Bank.
Many countries are cutting aid to refugees. Norway, too, has changed its priorities in recent years. In Kakuma refugee camp, they have to face consequences.
Eirik Mofoss's aid budget analysis is linked to in NRK's case on aid cuts.
Podcast with Sigrid Bratlie: - I was hung out for telling the truth
Sigrid Bratlie guested on the Ness podcast where she spoke about covid-19 and the lab leak theory and transparency in academia.
- Inga Strümke does us all a disservice
If the future is uncertain, there is all the more reason to prepare for a number of different outcomes, writes columnist and former Long-Term Advisor Anders Eidesvik. He responds to the criticism Strümke made in Morgenbladet.
The Eirik Mofoss Method: How to Discuss Aid with People Who Basically Have Second Value Views
Panorama Nyheter mentioned the “Eirik Mofoss method” after Eirik Mofoss guested on the podcast Ness on the topic of aid.