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Three proposals for longer-term policies
The Center for Long-Term Policy presents in this note three proposals for more long-term policies. See the link for the full report.
Ten measures for the new AI minister
Aksel Braanen Sterri at the Centre for Long-Term Policy focuses on artificial intelligence in these advice to Karianne Tung, the government's new minister for digitalisation.
Consultation input to the Total Emergency Committee
The Centre for Long-Term Policy refers to a consultation letter dated 16 June 2023 in which the Ministry of Justice and Emergency Services asks for input on the Totalbereskapskommistionen's investigation NOU 2023:17 Now it is serious - Totalbereskapskommisjonen.
Artificial contradictions
Am I a technology optimist or a prophet of doom? It depends on what day of the week it is, we are to believe the Class Struggle columnists.
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?
Media coverage
Framtidspanelet: 40 000 nordmenn får SMS i dag
Onsdag 13. november mottar 40 000 innbyggere over hele landet en SMS-invitasjon til å delta i et lotteri. Gevinsten er ikke penger, men hva vi skal bruke dem på. Artikkel om Framtidspanelet (der Langsikt er blant initiativtakerne) hos Dagbladet.
Eirik Mofoss i NRKs Debatten om Ukraina-støtte og norsk superprofitt
Daglig leder Eirik Mofoss møtte politikerne Ine Eriksen Søreide og Guri Melby og flere i debatt i NRK Debatten om hvorvidt Norge bør gi mer støtte til Ukraina, og eventuelt flere andre tiltak. Mofoss argumenterte for at vi også bør gi økt bistand til land i sør som er særlig rammet av krigens ringvirkninger, og at det blir feil om Norge skal beholde den uforskyldte krigsprofitten selv.
Setter ned folkepanel
Framtidspanelet – et nytt nasjonalt folkepanel som skal samle et representativt utvalg av befolkningen for å drøfte temaer rundt Norges fremtid – er omtalt av Klassekampen. Langsikt er en av sju sivilsamfunnsorganisasjoner som har initiert panelet. Se mer om Framtidspanelet under "Publikasjoner".
What are we going to use our wealth for? 66 ordinary Norwegians will give us the answer
Dagsavisen writes about Framtidspanelet, an upcoming public panel that Langsikt and other organizations have initiated: Soon 40,000 randomly selected Norwegians will have the opportunity to join “Framtidspanelet”, which will make recommendations on how Norway's wealth should be used in the best possible way.
Here's how Trump could stumble in the race with China
The United States has begun to wake up to the galloping KI developments. The outcome could be a new, cold and digital war with China. Post in Dagsavisen by Aksel Braanen Sterri.
Stoltenberg Committee's response to Aftenposten's leadership post
Camilla Stoltenberg, Bent Høie and Otter Mæstad from the Stoltenberg Committee on Global Health respond to Aftenposten's editorial from 5 November. They justify why they propose a larger budget for global health, and the importance of a world with better public health, less poverty and reduced inequality, both for solidarity but also for Norway's self-interest.
Editorial in Aftenposten on the Stoltenberg committee
In its editor's column on Tuesday 5th of November, Aftenposten writes that they are skeptical about whether the Stoltenberg Committee on Global Health's recommendation to increase the aid budget above 1% of GNI is the way to go. However, they stress the importance of other proposals from the committee, such as increasing support for cost-effective measures and increasing the share of the aid budget that goes to health initiatives.
Interview with Stoltenberg, Sandkjær, Høie and Vestre after report launch
NRK Nyhetsmorgen covers the expert panel on global health, where Langsikt has been among the initiators (15:52). They also interview the chair of the committee, Camilla Stoltenberg, about how Norway's strategy on global health should be in the next few years to contribute to a halving of premature death by 2050 (16:59). Later in the broadcast (34:49), State Secretary to the Minister of International Development, Bjørg Sandkjær, County Governor and former Minister of Health Bent Høie, and current Minister of Health, Jan Christian Vestre, are also interviewed.
New Report Raises Alarm About Global Pandemic Preparedness
On Monday 4 November, the Committee of Experts in Global Health, led by Camilla Stoltenberg, released its report on how Norway can help reduce premature death by 50% globally by 2050. Langsikt is one of the commissioning parties for the committee, and has also had a central part of the secretariat. NRK mentioned the report launch first, and the report has also been featured in VG, Forskning.no, Dagsavisen, Vårt Land, Adresseavisen, Nettavisen and others. You can find the report under “Publications” with the name “Norway can, Norway should: Take the lead in halving premature death by 2050.”
Wanted: Norwegians to help form future of country's $1.8 trillion piggy bank
Some 40,000 Norwegian citizens picked at random will next month receive an invitation to help shape the future of their country's wealth, including what to do with its $1.8 trillion sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest. They will be whittled down to 66 to take part in the Future Panel, described as a "citizens' assembly for Norway's future" by its organisers, a group of seven non-governmental organisations.