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Jesus and the Paradox of Pity
Is it a lack of compassion that keeps you from helping those who need your help?
Strümke's hubris
What Inga Strümke calls “futurism” in the KI debate is necessary preparedness towards a possible future.
Input to the Government's Global Health Security Strategy
These are our input on the outline of the government's strategy for global health security, submitted to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at GLOB HUMLI and the UTVMIN Secretariat, as well as the HOD at SIS on 26.03.2026.
A World Bank strategy with no clear direction
Today, the government put forward a new strategy for the World Bank, with ambitions on all fronts. But ambition without concrete goals and measures is not a strategy -- it is an intention.
Secure KI requires more than research
Norway needs a government body that can coordinate the work of AI security.
The aid works — when someone asks questions
Over the past 15 years, Noreg has donated funds to more than 100 American research institutions, think tanks and consulting firms, including the International Peace Institute (IPI), without anyone questioning its effectiveness. The problem, however, is the process, not that aid does not work.
Technology-driven Biological Threats
Rising risks driven by advances in biotechnology and artificial intelligence
How to Handle the Greatest Threats
Gyldendal's "Total Preparedness": In a short time, the security policy situation in Norway and Europe has intensified. While war and geopolitical upheavals once again dominate the news, preparedness challenges resulting from extreme weather, digital vulnerability, and complex threats have increased in both scope and complexity.
Someone needs to test the KI models Norway relies on
Norway is lagging behind in efforts to secure artificial intelligence. We propose a national security body.
Media coverage
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.
Mixed reception on Trump's proposal for health minister
Senior adviser to Langsikt, Sigrid Batlie, is skeptical of Donald Trump's proposal of Robert F. Kennedy as Secretary of Health of the United States. Kennedy is, among other things, skeptical towards vaccines. Feature in Dagsnytt 18.
How much should we fear AI-based superintelligence?
Aksel Braanen Sterri, Research director at Langsikt, met Anders Løland, Research Director at the Norwegian Computing Center for a discussion in Dagsnytt 18. Anders Løland and Inga Strümke have advocated that the discussion around superintelligent AI takes attention away from current AI problems. Aksel calls this “a dumbing down of the AI debate,” and believes there is good reason to fear super-intelligent KI systems.
Hopes a public panel can be crowbar on the Oil Fund
Future in our hands, the Norwegian Church Aid and other NGOs believe that the people are ambitious for the future, and therefore ask them for recommendations to the politicians. “I have to admit that I have a slight fear that there will be recommendations that I disagree with,” says Eirik Mofoss of Langsikt.