AIExistential risk The American Public Opinion on an AI Pause This is a summary of a follow-up study conducted by the Existential Risk Observatory. To…Otto BartenMay 16, 2023
AIEventsExistential risk Debate Existential Risks of AI On April 12, 2024, there was an evening in Pakhuis de Zwijger about new AI…Otto BartenApril 26, 2023
Artificial IntelligenceClimate changeExistential riskNuclear warPandemics Human extinction is not an economic issue According to Frank Kalshoven's column (The lives of our distant descendants are worth less than…Otto BartenNovember 21, 2022
Existential risk Human extinction must be approached rationally This article was written in response to Floor Rusman's op-ed in NRC Handelsblad of 9…Otto BartenMay 9, 2022
Existential risk The Difficulties of Assessing Existential Risk One of the biggest challenges facing the area of existential risk research is that of…Ben BucknallAugust 2, 2021
Existential risk Human Collective Behaviour and Existential Risk A recently published paper authored by an interdisciplinary group of 17 researchers representing 21 institutions…Ben BucknallJuly 26, 2021
Existential risk Cognitive Biases and Existential Risk In his iconic 2011 book 'Thinking, Fast and Slow', the psychologist Daniel Kahneman presents an…Ben BucknallJuly 20, 2021
Existential risk The Unilateralist’s Curse: How altruistic intentions can cause harm In 2018, a team of Canadian and American researchers published a paper describing their work…Ben BucknallJuly 12, 2021
Existential risk Even back in the ’50s, leading academics were warning of existential risk On the 9th July 1955, at a press conference at Caxton Hall in London, Bertrand…Ben BucknallJune 21, 2021
Existential risk Existential risk mentioned in Dutch news outlet Existential risk has just made the Dutch press, albeit in a side show next to…Otto BartenApril 5, 2021