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CATEGORIES:Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
SUMMARY:Existential Risk - Martin Rees (University of Camb
ridge)
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URL:http://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/151216
DESCRIPTION:Three trends
enhance the probability of global
catastrophes
\,
First\, the
ris
ing global population\, more demanding of energy a
nd
resources\, leads to novel anthropogeni
c pressures on the
biosphere --
climate
change\, loss of biodiversity\, etc .
Sec
ond\, the
greater interconnectedness of our civ
ilisation allows
pandemics to rapidly casc
ade globally\, and enhances our
vulnerability t
o
breakdown in supply chains\, financial n
etworks\, etc .
Third\, novel
technolog
ies -- bio\, cyber and AI -- empower small groups
with the ability (via error or terror) to
cause massive
(even global)
disruption.
Coping with this threat presents a challenge
t
o governance: it
will become ever harder t
o sustain the three goals of
offering all citiz
ens
privacy\, security and freedom.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 1\, Newton Institute
CONTACT:INI IT
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