All publications - existential risk

Apocalypse now!: From exceptional rhetoric to risk management in global climate politics

2013

Methmann C., Rothe D. (2013) Apocalypse now!: From exceptional rhetoric to risk management in global climate politics, in Interpretive Approaches to Global Climate Governance: (De)Constructing the Greenhouse [volume not available], 107-122.

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Mass extinctions: Apocalypse now?

2011

Benton M.J. (2011) Mass extinctions: Apocalypse now?, in New Scientist 209, [pages not available].

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Worlding beyond ‘the’ ‘end’ of ‘the world’: white apocalyptic visions and BIPOC futurisms

2020

Mitchell A., Chaudhury A. (2020) Worlding beyond ‘the’ ‘end’ of ‘the world’: white apocalyptic visions and BIPOC futurisms, in International Relations [volume not available], [pages not available].

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Objectives of public economic policy and the adaptation to climate change

2010

Aakre S., Rübbelke D.T.G. (2010) Objectives of public economic policy and the adaptation to climate change, in Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 53, 767-791.

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‘Solving for X?’ Towards a problem-finding framework to ground long-term governance strategies for artificial intelligence

2021

Maas M.M., Liu H.Y. (2021) ‘Solving for X?’ Towards a problem-finding framework to ground long-term governance strategies for artificial intelligence, in Futures 126, [pages not available].

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Super-intelligence and (super-)consciousness

2012

Torrance S. (2012) Super-intelligence and (super-)consciousness, in International Journal of Machine Consciousness 4, 483-501.

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Artificial intelligence. Fears of an AI pioneer

2015

Russell S., Bohannon J. (2015) Artificial intelligence. Fears of an AI pioneer, in Science (New York, N.Y.) 349, 252.

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Big history and the future of humanity

2010

Spier F. (2010) Big history and the future of humanity, in Big History and the Future of Humanity [volume not available], 1-272.

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Command-and-control: Alternative futures of geoengineering in an age of global weirding

2014

Sweeney J.A. (2014) Command-and-control: Alternative futures of geoengineering in an age of global weirding, in Futures 57, 1-13.

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How long until human-level AI? Results from an expert assessment

2011

Baum S.D., Goertzel B., Goertzel T.G. (2011) How long until human-level AI? Results from an expert assessment, in Technological Forecasting and Social Change 78, 185-195.

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