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fromwww.scientificamerican.com
1 week agoCan probability predict our extinction?
Human birth rank implies a high probability of near-term extinction if the total number of humans is not vastly larger than current estimates.
The half-life of humanity is currently around 35 years, said Nobel laureate in physics David Gross as he concluded an evening lecture at the German Physical Society's conference in Erlangen in March.
The subtitle of the doom bible to be published by AI extinction prophets Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares later this month is "Why superhuman AI would kill us all." But it really should be "Why superhuman AI WILL kill us all," because even the coauthors don't believe that the world will take the necessary measures to stop AI from eliminating all non-super humans.