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The Ethics Council's Impossible Job
The oil fund's ethics council needs to be strengthened considerably. Despite the fact that the council is set to solve an impossible task.
KI-horisonten nyhetsbrev
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Norway's underwater blind zone
Norway has a moral blind zone underwater. Annually, 200 million farmed salmon die before slaughter, and behind the figure lurks even more lives. Albert Didriksen and Aksel Braanen Sterri from the Norwegian think-tank Langsikt describe ethical challenges in salmon farming.
What's good for Røkke isn't necessarily good for Norway
Stargate Norway is Norway's largest KI venture. Without further action, it will mainly serve Røkke and Altman.
The oil fund - a prisoner's dilemma
Strategic incentives can lead everyone to want to hedge as much as possible, but long-term it weakens the community's value.
Warning lights flash bright red for EEA
The EEA Agreement has served us well for over three decades. But expectations of ever benevolence from Brussels appear borderline naive.
Data Trade Union
We need counterpower in the digital economy. Data unions are the answer.
Warning shots from Meta
Meta has opened up to using content from private messages to “improve AI”. It's just the start of what's to come.
Statement on Biosecurity Risks at the Convergence of AI and the Life Sciences
This statement was developed by NTI in association with the AIxBio Global Forum.
History does not give the answer to how KI will change working life
Generation unemployed is unfortunately a very likely scenario.
Media coverage
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.
Wednesday debate: Aid with an off-taste
The Trondhjem Student Society is taking up the debate on Norway's aid priorities at this week's Wednesday debate. In the panel: Bjørg Sandkjær (Sp), State Secretary to the Minister of Development Anne Beathe Tvinnereim; Eirik Mofoss, Managing Director of Langsikt and Maria Lie Jordheim, Deputy Chairman of SAIH.
Everyone dances around the golden calf — the Norwegian Oil Fund
Nettavisen has written commentary on NRK Debatten on November 13, which discussed monetary support to Ukraine given the oil fund's increased value as a result of the war. Among the guests was Managing Director Eirik Mofoss, who argued that we should also provide increased aid to countries in the south that are particularly affected by the effects of the war.
Vil endre norsk bistand – fra utsiden
Langsikts bistandsteam Eirik Mofoss, Jon Lomøy og Cindy Robles er intervjuet i Panorama om sitt arbeid på bistandsfeltet.