All publications - existential risk

The problem of superintelligence: political, not technological

2017

Totschnig W. (2017) The problem of superintelligence: political, not technological, in AI and Society [volume not available], 1-14.

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Probing the improbable: Methodological challenges for risks with low probabilities and high stakes

2010

Ord T., Hillerbrand R., Sandberg A. (2010) Probing the improbable: Methodological challenges for risks with low probabilities and high stakes, in Journal of Risk Research 13.0, 191-205.

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Education and human survival: The relevance of the global security framework to international education

2000

Williams C. (2000) Education and human survival: The relevance of the global security framework to international education, in International Review of Education 46, 183-203.

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Extreme natural hazards: Population growth, globalization and environmental change

2006

Huppert H.E., Sparks R.S.J. (2006) Extreme natural hazards: Population growth, globalization and environmental change, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 364, 1875-1888.

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Loose cannons: The president and US nuclear posture

2020

Blair B.G. (2020) Loose cannons: The president and US nuclear posture, in Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists 76, 14-26.

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Alien attacks, hell gerbils, and assisted dying: Arguments against saving mere humanity

2019

Potthast A. (2019) Alien attacks, hell gerbils, and assisted dying: Arguments against saving mere humanity, in Futures [volume not available], [pages not available].

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Individual differences in risk perception of artificial intelligence

2018

Wissing B.G., Reinhard M.A. (2018) Individual differences in risk perception of artificial intelligence, in Swiss Journal of Psychology 77, 149-157.

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Decision making under catastrophic risk and learning: The case of the possible collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet

2008

Guillerminet M.-L., Tol R.S.J. (2008) Decision making under catastrophic risk and learning: The case of the possible collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, in Climatic Change 91, 193-209.

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Avoiding global collapse

2007

Ritter S.K. (2007) Avoiding global collapse, in Chemical and Engineering News 85, [pages not available].

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Reducing Catastrophic Climate Risk by Revolutionizing the Amazon: Novel Pathways for Brazilian Diplomacy

2019

Pereira J.C. (2019) Reducing Catastrophic Climate Risk by Revolutionizing the Amazon: Novel Pathways for Brazilian Diplomacy, in Contributions to Economics [volume not available], 189-218.

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