Two types of AI existential risk: decisive and accumulative
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DOI: 10.1007/s11098-025-02301-3
Abstract: The conventional discourse on existential risks (x-risks) from AI typically focuses on abrupt, dire events caused by advanced AI systems, particularly those that might achieve or surpass human-level intelligence. These events have severe consequences that… read more here.
Keywords: two types; existential risk; risk; decisive accumulative ... See more keywords
Space Colonization and Existential Risk
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DOI: 10.1017/apa.2019.12
Abstract: Abstract Ian Stoner has recently argued that we ought not to colonize Mars because (1) doing so would flout our pro tanto obligation not to violate the principle of scientific conservation, and (2) there is… read more here.
Keywords: existential risk; space; colonize mars; space colonization ... See more keywords
Artificial intelligence, existential risk and equity: the need for multigenerational bioethics
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DOI: 10.1136/jme-2024-110583
Abstract: evaluating problems with multigenerational dimensions. They propose to incorporate more diverse ethical perspectives—such as the ethic of ‘ubuntu’ salient in sub-Saharan Africa— into bioethical debates on existential risks read more here.
Keywords: artificial intelligence; existential risk; need multigenerational; equity need ... See more keywords
EXISTENTIAL RISK FROM TRANSFORMATIVE AI: AN ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE
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DOI: 10.3846/tede.2024.21525
Abstract: The prospective arrival of transformative artificial intelligence (TAI) will be a filter for the human civilization – a threshold beyond which it will either strongly accelerate its growth, or vanish. Historical evidence on technological progress… read more here.
Keywords: economic perspective; transformative economic; existential risk; risk ... See more keywords