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The Lancet Commission identifies 17 catastrophic global threats

The Lancet Commission existential risk malicious AI nuclear conflict global health threats

A commission of 35 leaders, organized by The Lancet Commission and utilizing data from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, has identified 17 interconnected catastrophic threats to global health through the year 2100. The findings, published in the journal The Lancet, highlight that these threats could collectively result in tens of billions of years of lost healthy life.

Among the most severe risks identified are nuclear conflict and the malicious use of artificial intelligence, both of which are categorized as having the potential to cause human extinction. The report notes that while the probability of these specific events may remain low, their impact would be apocalyptic. Malicious AI could potentially be used to create biological weapons, while nuclear conflict could trigger global famine by blocking sunlight.

Other major threats contributing to the loss of healthy life include climate breakdown, air pollution, antimicrobial resistance, childhood malnutrition, obesity, and income inequality. Researchers emphasize that while the scale of these risks is immense, humanity possesses the agency to intervene through targeted leadership and policy decisions to mitigate these outcomes.

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Anthropic · Christopher Murray · George Washington University · Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation · The Lancet Commission · The Lancet Commission on 21st Century Global Threats to Health · University of Washington

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