“The Anthropocene is the time of profound human effects on the environment, while the Precipice is the time where humanity is at high risk of destroying itself.” There are quite a few different scenarios that could lead to the extinction of humans in the next 100 years, but some of them are negligible, like an asteroid or comet hitting the Earth, or a stellar explosion. Others, like climate change, nuclear weapons, or unaligned artificial intelligence, on the other hand, seem more likely. In this book, […]
“If all goes well, human history is just beginning.”
The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity by Toby Ord