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Comments on SV and Venstre's representative proposal on AI
The Centre for Long-Term Policy thanks for the opportunity to give input to SV and Venstre's representative proposals. The main shortcoming in the proposals, we believe, is a more targeted policy to ensure a safe KI development.
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.
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.