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Nuclear war and malicious use of AI threaten end of humanity by 2100, says Lancet assessment
Newly established commission identifies 17 catastrophic threats to human health but says ‘realistic route to act’ on each exists Humans could become extinct by the year 2100 due to malicious use of AI or nuclear conflict, according to a…
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A newly established commission has catalogued 17 catastrophic threats to human health, asserting that a realistic pathway to address each exists. Its global risk assessment warns that malicious use of artificial intelligence or nuclear conflict could lead to human extinction by 2100.
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