Otto Barten is director of the Existential Risk Observatory, a nonprofit aiming to reduce existential risk by informing the public debate. Technological progress can excite us, politics can infuriate ...

An existential crisis is a recurring pattern of thoughts regarding your identity, purpose in life, and legacy, among other things. Existential questions may appear at any point in your life and can ...

A US judge ruled that the social media landscape had ‘changed markedly’ since the lawsuit was brought five years ago.

At several points in human history, there have been great transitions that accelerated our progress and shaped everything that would follow. Ten thousand years ago, the first Agricultural Revolution ...

In “2001: A Space Odyssey,” the HAL 9000 was built to be infallible. Instead, it became dangerously misaligned with its human operators: It prioritized its survival over the humans’ safety. Though ...

AI may not be the dire existential threat that many make it out to be. According to a new study, Large Language Models (LLMs) can only follow instructions, can't develop new skills on their own and ...

Using the key definitions across these six categories, the table below summarizes my reading of the report. What to fear for the future of humanity. Source: my reading of the GCRA 2024. Below is the ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to cause an "existential catastrophe" for humanity, a researcher has warned. Roman Yampolskiy, an associate professor of computer engineering and science ...

Cinema has taken on the daunting task of asking the big questions about life and existence since the art form started. The best existential films explore hard-hitting philosophical questions and ...

JRPGs often explore existential themes like identity and fate, challenging players with cosmic horrors and gods. Titles like Parasite Eve, Final Fantasy 7, and Nier: Automata delve into deep ...