Our work
Here you will find all our work and everything others write about us. We are constantly working to produce new content, including notes, consultation input, chronicles and debate posts.
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Artificial Intelligence
Here you will find an overview of our work on artificial intelligence.
All publications
What will happen to the jobs?
Framework for understanding KI's effect on the economy.
AI risk is many things — that's why we need multiple conversations at the same time
KI risk is not one thing. When we mix together concrete, political and long-term dangers, debate and policy become demanding.
A golden year for AI
2026 will be a golden moment for artificial intelligence. We should enjoy it while it lasts.
Data is not like oil. It's better.
Data lacks what we had for oil: an institutional architecture around the resource.
Norway contributes to the growth of others
AI is becoming the most important infrastructure of our time. Norway has significant financial interests, but is falling behind in the industrial sector. It makes us rich as investors -- and vulnerable as business.
Pseudocode is easy -- politics is hard. The AI Commanders Build the Bridge
if/else solves nothing in an adaptive, complex system like Norway. AI policy requires systems understanding, considerations of nature, security and voter acceptance—and it requires common principles before we can write the concrete features.
AI threats in the short and long term
The fact that KI is causing serious problems today does not mean that we can dismiss the threats of the future.
Data centers aren't the problem -- poor prioritization is
Data centers are portrayed as a threat to Norwegian industry and the power system. The figures show that the risks lie in unclear frameworks, not in the data centres themselves.
A new project for the state: The baby package
Stewardship of the natural resources and the welfare state are two of our nation's greatest triumphs. What is the next big project for A/S Norway?
Input to the strategy for Norway's cooperation with the World Bank
Norway should see its cooperation with the World Bank, particularly IDA, as more than an aid tool - it should be part of our long-term strategy to contribute to a stable and resilient world with less inequality and less poverty. Here are nine inputs on how.
Media coverage
Aksel Braanen Sterri on Dagsrevyen
Research Director Aksel Braanen Sterri shed light on how AI could impact the future job market.
OpenAI's AI hacked into a company on its own
Head of Emerging Technologies Lotte Skolem interviewed about OpenAI's AI hacking another AI company on its own.
Eirik Mofoss on Sommer i P2
Eirik Mofoss was a guest on the radio program Sommer i P2.
Langsikt strengthens the team
Ram Eirik Glomseth has just started as an intern at the think tank Langsikt, while Martin Sunde Eriksen will join as a permanent employee in August.
How to rebuild trust in foreign aid?
Langsikt Academy participant Thomas Aarheim writes about how Norway enjoys immense trust as an aid donor globally. The question is how we rebuild that same trust domestically.
Norwegian top diplomat in close contact with Iran: "A deal is nearing"
State Secretary Andreas Kravik interviewed about a possible agreement between the US and Iran at the Langsikt Seminar.
Can artificial intelligence withstand a scorching hot planet?
Terje Erikstad writes about threats from artificial intelligence and highlights Langsikt's seminar on biological threats.
Norad risks undermining what they aim to strengthen
Digni responds to Cindy Robles' op-ed on Norad's proposed changes to civil society support.
– We must do less of everything that dilutes aid
Senior Advisor Cindy Robles was interviewed about how she would have reformed Norwegian aid if she had been in charge.
More than the number of mosquito nets and vaccines
Digni's CEO is interviewed about aid in Dagen, and Eirik Mofoss' criticism of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is mentioned.