An obscure Russian prince lays claim to being the first person to announce that humanity may destroy itself through its own technological advancement.
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Realising the silence of outer space was what made us appreciate our precarious position down on this pale blue dot – so beginning our obsession with extinction.
Growing evidence suggests that the extinction of the dinosaurs involved profound, complex and interconnected changes to the global systems that support life. Much like we are facing today.
The Earth’s climate has always changed. All species eventually become extinct. But a new study has brought into sharp relief the fact that humans have, in the context of geological timescales, produced…
Biological brains are unlikely to be the final stage of intelligence. Machines already have superhuman strength, speed and stamina – and one day they will have superhuman intelligence. The only reasons…
In the daily hubbub of current “crises” facing humanity, we forget about the many generations we hope are yet to come. Not those who will live 200 years from now, but 1,000 or 10,000 years from now. I…
The Conversation organised a public question-and-answer session on Reddit in which Anders Sandberg and Andrew Snyder-Beattie, researchers at the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford University, explored…
The asteroid impact that burst over Chelyabinsk, Russia, on the morning of February 15 has provided a huge collection of new data that scientists have been analysing since. This week, three papers, two…
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Visiting Researcher, University of Oxford
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James Martin Research Fellow, Future of Humanity Institute & Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford
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Professor of Human Factors, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Assistant Professor of Space and International Relations, Johns Hopkins University
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Research Associate, Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, University of Cambridge
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Research Associate, Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, University of Cambridge
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Professor in Earth Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and Emeritus Professor of Mineral Physics, University of Cambridge
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Adjunct Research Fellow, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Senior Research Fellow in Human Factors & Sociotechnical Systems, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Centre for Human Factors and Sociotechnical Systems, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Assistant Director of the Global Systems Institute, University of Exeter
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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Existential Risk, University of Cambridge
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ANU Human Futures Fellow; Cardiologist and Physician., Australian National University
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Research Associate in Existential Risk, University of Cambridge
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Director of Research, Future of Humanity Institute, University of Oxford