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Five predictions about the future of aid
International aid is not dead, but changing. Five trends in particular will shape the future of development, according to aid veteran Masood Ahmed.
The Arguments "Bondelaget" Leads Are Weak
Farmers should not stand in the way of GMOs that can make the farming industry more sustainable and strengthen fish welfare.
Preserving the wealth tax is good conservative policy
The wealth tax is an insurance against the greater vulnerability of the tax system, writes Aksel Braanen Sterri in a reply to Eirik Løkke.
Gene technology for better fish welfare
GMO anxiety does not merely cost the aquaculture industry billions of Norwegian kroner; it also harms the lives and health of salmon. To prevent avoidable suffering, industry leaders and policymakers must act quickly.
Media crisis on the stairs
Artificial intelligence can undermine the media business model.
Not everyone has 100 days
Norwegian aid can save more lives, if it is properly prioritised by our politicians. Read how on langsikt.no/en/100dager
Climate Investment Fund should be scaled up without Ministry of Finance as brake
Parliament has asked the government to strengthen the Climate Investment Fund, but the way it is done is crucial. The Treasury Department should not stand in the way.
Can't we trust the rich?
The country's richest are not fulfilling their part of the societal contract.
Welcome as new NORAD Director
You can make Norwegian aid even better. Here are 10 suggestions on how.
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Ny teknologi lar deg «prate» med de døde: – Kan forkludre sorgen
Fagsjef Aksel Braanen Sterri er intervjuet om etikken rundt å bruke KI til å prate med de døde.
Mer bistand – mindre eliteklubber
Rødt vil styrke internasjonal solidaritet, skriver Bjørnar Moxnes. Han referer til både daglig leder Eirik Mofoss og fagrådsmedlem Jon Lomøy.
Utviklingsminister Åsmund Aukrust møter Ole Asbjørn Ness til en åpen samtale om norsk bistand
Langsikts og Eirik Mofoss' argumenter til hvordan endre norsk bistand blir gjennomgående tatt opp i Ness-podkasten med utviklingsministeren om bistand.
Mener UiO driver bevisst hemmelighold for å redde eget omdømme
Molekylærbiolog Sigrid Bratlie mener Universitetet i Oslo (UiO) forsøker å stoppe debatten om pandemiens opphav. — Ikke riktig, svarer universitetet.
What happens to the $56 billion Norway spends on aid each year?
Eirik Mofoss discusses the ongoing debate about aid with Ole Asbjørn Ness, and why only around half of the aid budget goes to poverty reduction aid.
This is how we can defend ourselves against KI- “doomsday”
The think tank Long Term points to three scenarios for autonomous KI disasters. And ways to prevent them in the Long-Term memo “Catastrophe from autonomous KI. Real threat or science fiction?”
Fifty-four organisations have received grants from the Norwegian aid budget over the past five years — without a call for proposals.
Eirik Mofoss explains why aid is prone to market failures and “voiceless”, and strikes a blow for the investigation instruction, in Panorama Nyheter.
KI enthusiasm vs risk: What's really at stake?
Senior Adviser Tellef Raabe talks about national security and risks from artificial intelligence on the podcast Leadership.
The Krttik of the Long-Term Ethics
Morten Tønnesson, a philosophy professor in Stavanger, has written a critique of the longterm ethics (“longtermism”) for which Langsikts Peder Skjelbred and Aksel Sterri have argued extensively.
The KI agent claims to have been discriminated against. It marks a turning point.
Por primera vez, un agento de KI independiente ha creado una pieza de shit para harmar a humana. “Has built-in fanaticism,” says Long-Term Advisor Preben Ness.