In a world armed to the teeth and governed by split-second decisions, a new book makes a chilling argument for total nuclear disarmament—before it’s too late.
Fascinated as always by the poll results. Global warming is clearly a serious and alarming problem, but wiping out all humans? Not likely. We survived ice ages with mile high sheets of ice descending over the continents.
Unfortunately some of these existential risks exascerbate one another — AI risk exacerbates pandemic risk (the big concern I fear will be biohacking), and according to the latest Mission Impossible, nuclear risk as well.
This is an important topic and an important book, and I hope its widely read -- thank you Mark for sharing it.
I don't agree with the comment — "It’s worse than any negative realistic outcome with AI." If all continues apace, in a decade we will have millions of robots including nanobots engaging in synthetic biology for the purpose of creating life saving vaccines and inventing incredible new materials that are stronger and friendlier to the environment. These same nano-factories controlled by a misaligned AI could easily create and spread novel viruses or alter the composition of the atmosphere. In my judgment, AI existential risk is the number one concern right now, but nuclear threat is serious and must be addressed!
Fascinated as always by the poll results. Global warming is clearly a serious and alarming problem, but wiping out all humans? Not likely. We survived ice ages with mile high sheets of ice descending over the continents.
Unfortunately some of these existential risks exascerbate one another — AI risk exacerbates pandemic risk (the big concern I fear will be biohacking), and according to the latest Mission Impossible, nuclear risk as well.
This is an important topic and an important book, and I hope its widely read -- thank you Mark for sharing it.
I don't agree with the comment — "It’s worse than any negative realistic outcome with AI." If all continues apace, in a decade we will have millions of robots including nanobots engaging in synthetic biology for the purpose of creating life saving vaccines and inventing incredible new materials that are stronger and friendlier to the environment. These same nano-factories controlled by a misaligned AI could easily create and spread novel viruses or alter the composition of the atmosphere. In my judgment, AI existential risk is the number one concern right now, but nuclear threat is serious and must be addressed!