All publications - existential risk

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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The ecological crisis, capitalist economy and techno-optimism

2018

Olivier B. (2018) The ecological crisis, capitalist economy and techno-optimism, in Tydskrif vir Geesteswetenskappe 58, 464-482.

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Assessment of the relative role of climate change and human activities in desertification: A review

2011

Xu D., Li C., Zhuang D., Pan J. (2011) Assessment of the relative role of climate change and human activities in desertification: A review, in Dili Xuebao/Acta Geographica Sinica 66, 68-76.

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From bombs to bytes: Can our nuclear history inform our cyber future?

2013

Nye Jr. J.S. (2013) From bombs to bytes: Can our nuclear history inform our cyber future?, in Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists 69, 8-14.

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On becoming extinct

2002

Lenman J. (2002) On becoming extinct, in Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 83, 253-269.

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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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Population resilience to catastrophic mortality events during early life stages

2015

Langangen O., Ohlberger J. (2015) Population resilience to catastrophic mortality events during early life stages, in Ecological Applications 25, 1348-1356.

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Global Catastrophic Biological Risks in the Post-COVID-19 World: Time to Act Is Now

2023

Kambouris M.E. (2023) Global Catastrophic Biological Risks in the Post-COVID-19 World: Time to Act Is Now, in OMICS A Journal of Integrative Biology 27, 153-170.

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Disease X: availability bias, biotechnology and seeing beyond zoonotic risk

2021

Armitage R., Nellums L.B. (2021) Disease X: availability bias, biotechnology and seeing beyond zoonotic risk, in Public Health 190, e25.

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Why Cooperate?: The Incentive to Supply Global Public Goods

2011

Barrett S. (2011) Why Cooperate?: The Incentive to Supply Global Public Goods, in Why Cooperate?: The Incentive to Supply Global Public Goods 9780199211890, 1-280.

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