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Human Survival
Human extinction, also known as omnicide, is the hypothetical Extinction, end of the human species due to either natural causes such as population decline from sub-replacement fertility, an impact event, asteroid impact, or Supervolcano, large-scale volcanism, or to anthropogenic hazard, anthropogenic (human) causes. For the latter, some of the Global catastrophic risk, many possible contributors include Effects of global warming on humans, climate change, Nuclear holocaust, global nuclear annihilation, biological warfare, and ecological collapse. Other scenarios center on emerging technologies, such as Existential risk from artificial general intelligence, advanced artificial intelligence, biotechnology, or Gray goo, self-replicating nanobots. The scientific consensus is that there is a relatively low risk of near-term human extinction due to natural causes. The likelihood of human extinction through humankind's own activities, however, is a current area of research and d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Global Catastrophic Risk
A global catastrophic risk or a doomsday scenario is a hypothetical future event that could damage human well-being on a global scale, even endangering or destroying modern civilization. An event that could cause human extinction or permanently and drastically curtail humanity's potential is known as an "existential risk." Over the last two decades, a number of academic and non-profit organizations have been established to research global catastrophic and existential risks, formulate potential mitigation measures and either advocate for or implement these measures. Definition and classification Defining global catastrophic risks The term global catastrophic risk "lacks a sharp definition", and generally refers (loosely) to a risk that could inflict "serious damage to human well-being on a global scale". Humanity has suffered large catastrophes before. Some of these have caused serious damage but were only local in scope—e.g. the Black Death may have resulted in the de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
