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Meat costs more than you think
It's the animals, farmers, taxpayers and future generations who pay for the meat you eat.
The Next Technology Revolution
Biological design will turn society upside down. Whether we like it or not.
Artificial intelligence: a systematic overview of the risk picture
In this note, we map risks associated with artificial intelligence (AI) and propose solutions. The aim is to form the basis for a more informed conversation about how Norway can help reduce risks and exploit the potential inherent in the technology.
Give the future a voice
Future generations depend on today's elections, but are not represented in today's politics. That's why they always lose.
Aid cuts will also hit Norway
Norway closes its eyes while the world burns. It is both unpatriotic and short-sighted.
Insights into a new national digitalisation strategy
The Centre for Long-Term Policy calls for input on a new national digitalisation strategy from the Ministry of Local Government and the District.
Something is rotten in the EU
Lobbying pressure from German and French companies threatens an essential part of the EU's KI regulation, the authors write in this debate post.
The fate of humanity is in our hands
Hans Jacob Huun Thomsen is deputy leader of the Young Liberal Party and wrote this chronicle in Minerva in November 2023. He has no affiliation with the Center for Long-Term Policy, but we have been allowed to publish the chronicle here because we believe the content is very relevant.
Norway doesn't join the push on AI
What do the United States, Germany, Rwanda and Saudi Arabia have in common? Everyone takes the risks of powerful artificial intelligence (AI) more seriously than Norway.
Media coverage
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.
Norway may end up at the back of the vaccine queue
“If Norway does not quickly become part of the EU health community, Norway could end up last in the vaccine line if a new pandemic strikes us. “, writes Senior Advisor in Langsikt, Sigrid Bratlie, in a chronicle in NRK Ytring. Here she meets Minister of Health Jan Christian Vestre in Dagsnytt 18 on the topic.