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May 11, 2024

‘God of Destruction’ asteroid Apophis will come to Earth in 2029 — and it could meet some tiny spacecraft

Posted by in categories: asteroid/comet impacts, existential risks

Scientists have unveiled three concepts for tiny spacecraft that could voyage from Earth to meet Apophis in April 2029.

May 11, 2024

$100b Slaughterbots. Godfather of AI shows how AI will kill us, how to avoid it

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, existential risks, robotics/AI

New Atlas robot from Boston Dynamics and Figure 1 from OpenAI, leaked $100b OpenAI plan and a new project to avoid our extinction.
Sam Altman, Elon Musk, Geoffrey Hinton, Sora.

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May 9, 2024

Severe Solar Storm Alert!

Posted by in category: existential risks

Sunspot as large as the Carrington Event sunspot from from 1,859 prompts NOAA Storm alert — first time since 2005 that a G4 Severe Geomagnetic storm alert has been issued. This sunspot is capable of even worse. Watch to learn more.

May 9, 2024

The Fermi Paradox: Interdiction

Posted by in categories: existential risks, media & arts

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We often look out into the galaxy and wonder where all the civilizations are, but could it be that we don’t see them because they have all chosen to exist in fortress star systems, surrounded by despoiled deserts of their own making?

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May 6, 2024

Supercomputer predicts world will end with ‘triple whammy’ extinction event

Posted by in categories: existential risks, supercomputing

Supercomputer prediction about the end of the world is pretty much as bad as it sounds.

May 4, 2024

What is Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), and why are people worried about it?

Posted by in categories: existential risks, robotics/AI

Machines that could think and learn like humans. A blessing for humanity, or an existential threat?

May 1, 2024

2210.10656 (1).Pdf

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Galactic settlement of low mass stars as a resolution to the fermi paradox.


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Apr 29, 2024

Fermi Paradox: The Cambrian Explosion Solution and Fossil Arks

Posted by in categories: existential risks, space travel

An exploration of a potential solution to the Fermi Paradox within the Cambrian explosion period of geologic history, with an aside about fossil preservation in space.

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Apr 28, 2024

Holographic displays offer a glimpse into an immersive future

Posted by in categories: existential risks, finance

Two weeks ago it was quietly announced that the Future of Humanity Institute, the renowned multidisciplinary research centre in Oxford, no longer had a future. It shut down without warning on 16 April. Initially there was just a brief statement on its website stating it had closed and that its research may continue elsewhere within and outside the university.

The institute, which was dedicated to studying existential risks to humanity, was founded in 2005 by the Swedish-born philosopher Nick Bostrom and quickly made a name for itself beyond academic circles – particularly in Silicon Valley, where a number of tech billionaires sang its praises and provided financial support.

Apr 28, 2024

The Future of Human Evolution?

Posted by in categories: biological, education, evolution, existential risks

Humanity will change. Or be replaced. Or go extinct. An exploration of the many potential posthuman offspring of humankind, from the biological to the artificial.

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