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Don't stick your head in the sand
Jacob Wulff Wold and Aksel Braanen Sterri respond to criticism from Kjetil Rommetveit and Ragnar Fjelland.
We don't know if private health threatens the welfare state -- lacking data
We don't know how many people buy healthcare privately, who they are, and why they do it. Absence of data is a democratic problem.
Recommendations for the UN report on autonomous weapons
Langsikt thanks for the opportunity to contribute to Norway's preparations for the UN Secretary-General's report on autonomous weapons systems. (NB: The PDF is in Norwegian)
Norwegian foundations are stingy
Billions of dollars are dusting down, rather than solving society's challenges. Foundations should provide more and faster.
AGI is not futurism
The fact that the problems belong to the future does not mean that we should postpone the discussion of artificial general intelligence until we are in the middle of them.
The cold we forgot: Norway's missing nuclear winter preparedness
This memorandum assesses Norway's lack of nuclear winter preparedness and aims to raise awareness of the necessity of preparing for a potential nuclear winter.
Would you have your personal AI Jonas?
Deepfake technology can be used for more important matters than humor.
Input to the National Quality of Life Strategy
Langsikt supports the government's strategy to make the quality of life of the population a guiding star in policy making and use knowledge of quality of life to develop policies that promote quality of life. We thank you for the opportunity to provide input that can make the strategy even better. (NB: The PDF is in Norwegian)
Media coverage
What happens if we leave KI to East and West?
If Europe is to keep pace with the technology race, we must start now, writes Trygve Svensson. He refers when Langarranged a lunch with KI pioneer Yoshua Bengio in Oslo in November.
The development of AI calls for a strengthened foreign policy
Niels Nagelhus Schia (NUPI) writes about foreign policy for KI in Klassekampen. He refers to the report “The Ten Commandments of Ki” by Langsikt's Expert Committee for KI, where he was a member of the committee.
Norway will allow poor people rather than the Oil Fund to pay for aid to Ukraine.
Danske Politiken writes about how the Norwegian government will use aid funds rather than oil money to fund larger funds for Ukraine.
The money bag for aid is significantly smaller than what the government gives the impression, claims new report.
Eirik Mofoss's budget analysis of Norwegian aid shows how less and less aid goes to poverty alleviation. Through two issues, Dagbladet looked up the findings from the analysis, and interviewed Development Minister Aukrust, as well as the party leaders in MDG, Rødt and SV.
Norad would cut information support to organizations — State Department said no
Eirik Mofoss is interviewed about the proposal to remove the information support in the note “Time for reprioritisations” in Panorama.
AI hope for Europe. Can Europe become a force in AI?
Torbjørn Røe Isaksen writes about Yoshua Bengio's visit to Oslo in E24. Long term planned the visit.
Senior Adviser Tellef Raabe on the NRK show the Debate on Media Economics
Non-established media meet established editors to debate. Tellef Raabe participates as a subject matter expert on the media.
The Ten Commandments of AI are just the beginning
In order for them not to end up in the drawer, we have to take charge now. Before technology does. This is written by Director of Artificial Intelligence in Sopra Steria in Caspar M. Lund in Digi.
Langsikt and TRY with campaign to ensure that effective aid is prioritised in this year's state budget
Kom24 has made a case about Langsikt's aid campaign, where emergency rations are distributed to politicians to remind them of the world's poorest in the autumn negotiations. Read more about the campaign at lang.no/100dagar.
Leading AI scientist: - We're playing with fire
The “Godfather of KI” opened Norway's new Centre for Artificial Intelligence (KI) on Monday - and took the opportunity to warn of the dangers of the technology. TV2 has written a story about Bengio's visit to Oslo, which Langplanned.