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AGI Safety
AI safety is a multifaceted issue encompassing several key challenges that arise as we seek to develop and deploy artificial general intelligence (AGI) systems.
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Agriculture
Agriculture is a critical aspect of our global society, representing both a significant challenge and vast opportunities.
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Asteroids
Existential risk from asteroids refers to the potential for a catastrophic event due to a large asteroid or comet colliding with Earth.
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Biodiversity
Biodiversity loss refers to the reduction in the variety of life across the globe, including the extinction of species, the destruction of ecosystems, and the loss of genetic diversity.
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Biotechnology X-risk
Existential risk from biotechnology refers to the potential for bioengineered organisms or biotechnologies to cause widespread harm or even the extinction of humanity.
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Climate change
Climate change poses an existential risk to humanity due to its wide-ranging and potentially catastrophic impacts on the planet's biosphere, weather systems, and human societies.
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Communication
The opportunity represented by improved communication, including better internet and expansion into space, is vast and multifaceted.
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Energy
The need to generate significant amounts of energy to power both existing infrastructures and future growth is a pressing global issue.
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Environmental protection
Environmental protection is an increasingly urgent global challenge.
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Hate speech and discrimination
Hate speech and discrimination remain significant societal issues globally, despite various efforts to counteract them.
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Health
The complexities of aging, disease, mental health, and the inevitability of death symbolize some of the most pivotal concerns of humanity.
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Human rights
Human rights are the basic rights and freedoms to which all individuals are entitled, regardless of nationality, sex, ethnicity, religion, language, or any other status.
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Living with superintelligent AI, adapting, and merging
Living with superintelligent AI, adapting to its presence, and potentially merging with it, represents an important frontier for humanity.
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Long Term Prediction
The continuous identification of threats and opportunities is crucial in various domains such as business, technology, politics, and even personal life.
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Meaning of Life
The quest for the meaning of life is a timeless, deeply personal journey that varies for each individual.
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Misinformation and Disinformation
The rapid dissemination of erroneous information, both unintentional and intentional, poses a severe risk to our collective understanding of truth and knowledge.
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Nuclear threats
Nuclear threats including war, accidents, and terrorism are major sources of global concern.
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Religion
Religion plays many roles in society and in the lives of individuals.
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Simulation Theory
Simulation theory is the idea that we are all living in a computer simulation, similar to a video game, and that our reality isn't the "true" reality.
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Space Exploration
Space exploration opens up a universe of possibilities, offering unprecedented opportunities in scientific discovery, technological innovation, and the potential for both economic development and safeguarding the future of humanity.
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Starvation and Poverty
As clean, potable water becomes increasingly scarce, it poses a direct threat to life, health, well-being, and security.
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Transportation
Global transportation, encompassing both goods and people, is one of the fundamental drivers of the modern world, but it also presents numerous challenges and opportunities.
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War, violence, and crime
War, violence, and crime are prevalent concerns that persistently leave a profound mark on societies and individuals all across the globe.
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