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We must dare to speculate about both the possibilities and the dangers of AI
The lesson from generative AI is that we must dare to look forward in time and take seriously uncertain scenarios.
Norway needs a technology minister
Despite enormous advances in artificial intelligence, the public sector has not embraced this potentially revolutionary force.
Input to the Conservative Party's Expert Committee on Artificial Intelligence
This document was presented at a hearing to the Conservative Party's Expert Committee on Artificial Intelligence on 7 August 2023.
We're early in history—if we change our priorities
It is our moral responsibility to act in line with the interests of those yet to be born.
We are blind to the tragedies of the horizon
Major societal threats with a low probability of occurring during an election period, or with consequences only far ahead of time, are systematically neglected in politics. Does it have to be so?
Artificial intelligence is an existential threat
When the world's top experts warn that artificial intelligence could pose a threat on par with pandemics and nuclear war, it's time to listen. A gram of foresight is worth a ton of hindsight. We should act today, rather than regret tomorrow.
Better, but still too narrowly, Vedum
Vedum does smart in including security policy in the upcoming perspective message, but he still leaves out some of the biggest threats of our time.
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.