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Topic: Existential Risk

Post Apocalyptic Urban Landscape (Getty Images/Bulgac)

Human extinction as a real possibility

Émile P. Torres
AI hand holding a nuclear fusion reaction (Getty Images/Ole_CNX)

AI: apocalypse or utopia? Probably not

Émile P. Torres
Robot holding human skull (Getty Images/xia yuan)

AI, the tech elite and "extinction"

Émile P. Torres
Doomsday Clock (Getty Images/VICTOR de SCHWANBERG/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY)

Doomsday Clock: The danger is real

Émile P. Torres
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People walk amid skeletons in a drought affected area in Mandera, Kenya on December 1, 2022. | A view of flood-hit areas as families struggle while winter comes in Mehar, Dadu District, Sindh province, Pakistan on October 22, 2022. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Why the world needs climate justice

Émile P. Torres
Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin | Ukrainian soldiers from the 63 brigade are seen leaving the trenches after military training (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Are the lunatics right about Ukraine?

Tyler Austin Harper
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