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Obligations to future generations and acceptable risks of human extinction

2009

Tonn B.E. (2009) Obligations to future generations and acceptable risks of human extinction, in Futures 41, 427-435.

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Surviving the 21st century: Humanity’s ten great challenges and how we can overcome them

2016

Cribb J. (2016) Surviving the 21st century: Humanity’s ten great challenges and how we can overcome them, in Surviving the 21st Century: Humanity's Ten Great Challenges and How We Can Overcome Them [volume not available], 1-255.

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After the humans are gone Douglas Engelbart Keynote Address, North American Computers and Philosophy Conference Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, August, 2006

2007

Dietrich E. (2007) After the humans are gone Douglas Engelbart Keynote Address, North American Computers and Philosophy Conference Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, August, 2006, in Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Artificial Intelligence 19, 55-67.

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Irreversible and catastrophic

2006

Sunstein C.R. (2006) Irreversible and catastrophic, in Cornell Law Review 91, 841-898.

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Does Biotechnology Pose New Catastrophic Risks?

2019

Gronvall G.K., DiEuliis D., Imperiale M.J., Ellington A.D. (2019) Does Biotechnology Pose New Catastrophic Risks?, in Current topics in microbiology and immunology 424, 107-119.

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Space colonization remains the only long-term option for humanity: A reply to Torres

2018

Ćirković M.M. (2018) Space colonization remains the only long-term option for humanity: A reply to Torres, in Futures [volume not available], [pages not available].

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'Survival research' and the 'planetary interest': Carrying forward the thoughts of John Herz

2008

Graham K. (2008) 'Survival research' and the 'planetary interest': Carrying forward the thoughts of John Herz, in International Relations 22, 457-472.

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Impacts on the Earth by asteroids and comets: Assessing the hazard

1994

Chapman C.R., Morrison D. (1994) Impacts on the Earth by asteroids and comets: Assessing the hazard, in Nature 367, 33-40.

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Evolution and control of artificial superintelligence (ASI): a management perspective

2019

Srivastava A., Swami A., Swami S., Narain K. (2019) Evolution and control of artificial superintelligence (ASI): a management perspective, in Journal of Advances in Management Research [volume not available], [pages not available].

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Winter-safe Deterrence: The Risk of Nuclear Winter and Its Challenge to Deterrence

2015

Baum S.D. (2015) Winter-safe Deterrence: The Risk of Nuclear Winter and Its Challenge to Deterrence, in Contemporary Security Policy 36, 123-148.

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