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The Future Panel - what do people think of Norway's wealth?
Sixty-six randomly selected Norwegians will discuss how Norway's wealth can be used for the good of current and future generations.
The law that drives the development of AI
Anyone who understands AI's scaling laws understands the future.
Are our politicians AI skeptics?
Either they ignore the challenges, or they ridicule them.
Norway has been a leader in global health — with new committee, we hope it continues
Millions of lives depend on Norway to continue its efforts on global health. Therefore, we ask a committee of experts led by Camilla Stoltenberg to advise on Norway's strategy for the future.
Even the government can't claim that the electric car subsidies are effective climate policy now
Effective, global climate policy is not outdated. That's the future.
Science has not provided good enough answers to the question of the origin of the pandemic
Here politics has become entwined with what should have been open and free research.
What do we owe the future?
Do we have moral obligations towards people that do not yet exist? In long-term ethics, one is concerned with the future, but what does it really entail?
Dangerously fast in the wrong direction
Creating super-intelligent KI will be humanity's greatest achievement. But will it be the best or worst thing we've created?
Cut electric car subsidies - spend the money out
The electric car subsidies cost too much and seem too little. Replace them with more effective climate action abroad.
Antimicrobial resistance - Taking action on pull incentives in Norway
Antimikrobiell resistens (AMR) er en alvorlig og raskt voksende folkehelsetrussel. I 2022 ble det anslått at AMR førte til 1,27 millioner dødsfall globalt. Dette notatet beskriver en modell som estimerer at det i 2015 gikk tapt minst 240 liv i Norge på grunn av antimikrobiell resistens. Modellen er utarbeidet av Alliance for Reducing Microbial Resistance (ARMoR) med innspill fra tankesmien Langsikt. Utviklingskjeden for antimikrobielle midler har over tid blitt utarmet, og er nå klart utilstrekkelig for å levere medikamentene som trengs for å behandle resistente infeksjoner. En viktig årsak til dette er markedssvikt i legemiddelmarkedet, der dagens insentivstruktur gjør det ulønnsomt å kommersialisere nye antibiotika. ARMoR foreslår en satsing på såkalte pull-insentiver som en del av løsningen på denne markedssvikten.
Media coverage
What happens at the intersection of advanced machine learning, applied ethics, and sociopolitical transformation?
Advisor and AI researcher Preben Ness visited Skravleklassen to discuss AI.
Langsikt recruits global health professional from Save the Children
Langsikt strengthens its team with Henrik Mathias Hvaal, who joins as a senior advisor in aid and global health.
Podcast: AI can give us a fantastic future! Super-happiness, super-intelligence, and super-long lives
Advisor Peder Skjelbred participated in Verdibørsen, where he talked about how AI can make the future utopian.
Senior Advisor Tellef Raabe on Nyhetskompaniet about Trump's AI meeting with Xi Jinping
AI security and Nvidia were also discussed.
The government is taking NOK 655 million from the aid budget to pay for increased spending on Ukrainian refugees in Norway
“This is once again a reverse Robin Hood policy: we are taking money from the world's poorest to finance spending that belongs elsewhere in the national budget. An additional $655 million for refugee spending is a legitimate political choice — but it is not aid,” said Eirik Mofoss, the executive director.
Norwegian KI policy is frighteningly naive. Norwegian KI experts are short-sighted and arrogant
Trade Council member Tore Wig writes that we must create plans that also take into account the most dramatic scenarios, and act politically as if KI can create this kind of strategic challenge for Norway.
A hobby terrorist with KI can design the next pandemic
The ongoing revolution in artificial intelligence presents us with enormous opportunities — but if unbridled AI development meets modern biotechnology, we also run the risk that people with evil intentions and just a little knowledge could create viruses, bioweapons and a host of other dangers. Senior advisor Sigrid Bratlie discusses with Lars Glomnes.
Are people going to trust a public sector run with AI?
By 2030, 100 percent of the world's most popular public sector will use artificial intelligence. Senior adviser Tellef Raabe is interviewed.
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.