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Input to Development Minister in Light of Global Aid Cuts
Global aid cuts must have consequences for Norwegian priorities.
AI er ikke et teknologiprosjekt
AI eller KI gjør med kunnskapsarbeid det industrialiseringen gjorde med manuelt arbeid – flytter produktivitet, marginer og konkurranse. Likevel mislykkes over 80 prosent av prosjektene, fordi de behandles som teknologi, ikke som kultur og infrastruktur.
School should teach kids how to navigate the future
We will not be able to live without a mobile phone, nor will we do without artificial intelligence. Yet school protects children from the tools they must learn to master.
A sea of data
Norway is in the process of building a digital twin of the ocean, but we use it primarily for reporting, not for innovation.
The world's best insurance: How investments in global health security protect both Norway and the world
It's time to treat health as security policy.
The Ten AI Commandments Link Principles to Politics
The committee's report proposes 44 concrete measures for Norway to build competence, capacity and supervision in the KIC economy.
Professional disagreement over the pandemic should not be handled with intimidation and ruling techniques
The debate over the origins of the pandemic is not just about academic disagreement, but about academic freedom of expression.
Ten Commandments for KI
Artificial intelligence has enormous potential to increase human welfare, but also involves unprecedented dangers.
The machine can find shortcuts in the tank
A machine has improved one of computer science's most fundamental ideas -- Dijkstra's shortest path algorithm. It marks a turning point, where the boundary between human insight and machine computation is blurring.
Media coverage
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.
Framtidspanelet: 40 000 nordmenn får SMS i dag
Onsdag 13. november mottar 40 000 innbyggere over hele landet en SMS-invitasjon til å delta i et lotteri. Gevinsten er ikke penger, men hva vi skal bruke dem på. Artikkel om Framtidspanelet (der Langsikt er blant initiativtakerne) hos Dagbladet.
Eirik Mofoss i NRKs Debatten om Ukraina-støtte og norsk superprofitt
Daglig leder Eirik Mofoss møtte politikerne Ine Eriksen Søreide og Guri Melby og flere i debatt i NRK Debatten om hvorvidt Norge bør gi mer støtte til Ukraina, og eventuelt flere andre tiltak. Mofoss argumenterte for at vi også bør gi økt bistand til land i sør som er særlig rammet av krigens ringvirkninger, og at det blir feil om Norge skal beholde den uforskyldte krigsprofitten selv.
Setter ned folkepanel
Framtidspanelet – et nytt nasjonalt folkepanel som skal samle et representativt utvalg av befolkningen for å drøfte temaer rundt Norges fremtid – er omtalt av Klassekampen. Langsikt er en av sju sivilsamfunnsorganisasjoner som har initiert panelet. Se mer om Framtidspanelet under "Publikasjoner".
What are we going to use our wealth for? 66 ordinary Norwegians will give us the answer
Dagsavisen writes about Framtidspanelet, an upcoming public panel that Langsikt and other organizations have initiated: Soon 40,000 randomly selected Norwegians will have the opportunity to join “Framtidspanelet”, which will make recommendations on how Norway's wealth should be used in the best possible way.
Here's how Trump could stumble in the race with China
The United States has begun to wake up to the galloping KI developments. The outcome could be a new, cold and digital war with China. Post in Dagsavisen by Aksel Braanen Sterri.
Stoltenberg Committee's response to Aftenposten's leadership post
Camilla Stoltenberg, Bent Høie and Otter Mæstad from the Stoltenberg Committee on Global Health respond to Aftenposten's editorial from 5 November. They justify why they propose a larger budget for global health, and the importance of a world with better public health, less poverty and reduced inequality, both for solidarity but also for Norway's self-interest.
Editorial in Aftenposten on the Stoltenberg committee
In its editor's column on Tuesday 5th of November, Aftenposten writes that they are skeptical about whether the Stoltenberg Committee on Global Health's recommendation to increase the aid budget above 1% of GNI is the way to go. However, they stress the importance of other proposals from the committee, such as increasing support for cost-effective measures and increasing the share of the aid budget that goes to health initiatives.