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When Scientists First Confronted the Threat of Human Extinction
Original: ‘I Write This to Frighten You’: How Scientists Took On Existential Risk Once Before
The New York Times has published a retrospective examining how scientists took on existential risk in an earlier era, recalling a moment when researchers warned the public they intended to frighten them about a technology capable of destroying civilization. The piece draws on that historical episode of expert-led warning, a story resonating now as scientists again debate humanity-scale dangers from new technologies, including artificial intelligence.
Why now: Debates over existential risk from artificial intelligence have revived interest in how scientists previously warned the world about catastrophic technologies.
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- ‘I Write This to Frighten You’: How Scientists Took On Existential Risk Once Before · The New York Times
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