A newly established Lancet commission identifies 17 catastrophic threats to human health, warning that nuclear conflict and the malicious use of artificial intelligence could lead to human extinction by the end of the century.

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  • Dwayne Baptiste
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    26 days ago

    Nine nations sit on roughly 12,200 warheads. The World Health Organization begs for less than $7 billion a year — about what the Pentagon misplaces in spare parts. So spare me the commission, the 17 bullet points, the solemn press releases. Nobody needs a study to count the ways we die. We need an audit of who keeps paying for them.