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We took control of the oil. Let's do the same with data and artificial intelligence
When the Americans came to Norway to conduct oil drilling, blood-trimmed politicians and bureaucrats ensured that the oil resources benefited the entire Norwegian people. But when the same Americans come to drill for data we do... nothing?
Scare propaganda from the environmental movement is costing thousands of lives
Sacrificing children's lives for the sake of being is not defensible.
The Ethics Council's Impossible Job
The oil fund's ethics council needs to be strengthened considerably. Despite the fact that the council is set to solve an impossible task.
KI-horisonten nyhetsbrev
Vi publiserer nyhetsbrev om de viktigste nyhetene innen kunstig intelligens den siste tiden.
Norway's underwater blind zone
Norway has a moral blind zone underwater. Annually, 200 million farmed salmon die before slaughter, and behind the figure lurks even more lives. Albert Didriksen and Aksel Braanen Sterri from the Norwegian think-tank Langsikt describe ethical challenges in salmon farming.
What's good for Røkke isn't necessarily good for Norway
Stargate Norway is Norway's largest KI venture. Without further action, it will mainly serve Røkke and Altman.
The oil fund - a prisoner's dilemma
Strategic incentives can lead everyone to want to hedge as much as possible, but long-term it weakens the community's value.
Warning lights flash bright red for EEA
The EEA Agreement has served us well for over three decades. But expectations of ever benevolence from Brussels appear borderline naive.
Data Trade Union
We need counterpower in the digital economy. Data unions are the answer.
Warning shots from Meta
Meta has opened up to using content from private messages to “improve AI”. It's just the start of what's to come.
Media coverage
Nigeria's Minister of Health: Norwegian leadership can save lives
Better global health will benefit everyone, both in Nigeria and Norway, writes Nigeria's Minister of Health and Social Affairs, Muhammad Ali Pate.
Norway is gearing up against bird flu
VG writes about Norway's response to bird flu, and mentions Langsikt among key actors who have warned against the virus early on.
I'm a cable skeptic. Here is an answer to a power cable supporter.
Øystein Sjølie, social economist and author of “The Oil Book: How Norwegian Oil and Gas Makes the World a Better Place”, has written a response to Aksel Braanen Sterri's column on electricity cables in Aftenposten.
The biggest research breakthroughs of the year
Senior Advisor in Langsikt Sigrid Bratlie, together with Torkild Jemterud, Inga Strümke and Aksel Kjær Vidnes, summarizes the science and technology year 2024 in two parts of Abels Tårn. Part 2 of the programme can be found on NRK radio's website.
Pandemics cannot be predicted
Professor Emeritus Stig S. Frøland writes in Aftenposten about the bird flu and Norway's pandemic preparedness, and comments, among other things, on the uncertainty of the numbers on the likelihood of a pandemic, which the Stoltenberg committee and several of Langsikt's staff often have referred to.
Fears a new pandemic
Molecular biologist and Senior Advisor in Langsikt Sigrid Bratlie is interviewed about the risk of a bird flu pandemic following outbreaks of the virus in 659 U.S. dairy farms.
The bird flu could become a race against the clock
Molecular biologist and Senior Advisor at Langsikt, Sigrid Bratlie, fears a new pandemic as a result of the flare-up of bird flu in the US.
New ChatGPT is a master at deceiving you
The latest model of ChatGPT has proven in new tests to be able to deceive its users. Anders Eidesvik, AI advisor in Langsikt, comments on the story and calls this a warning shot of what may come when agents and even more advanced systems become widely available.
Bill Gates on Norway: Never before has the world had a bigger need for Norway's moral leadership
Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft and chairman of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, writes in Aftenposten about the importance of Norwegian leadership on global aid. He highlights, among other things, the Stoltenberg Committee on Global Health, and underlines the conclusions of the report they presented in November.
– The exception is probably a necessary evil
“It is unfortunate that Russia has found a hole in the sanctions regime. But the exception for chemical fertilizers is probably a necessary evil", says Eirik Mofoss, managing director of Lang.