AI Is Among 17 Potentially ‘Catastrophic Threats’ that Researchers Say Require Targeted Action
The report says 17 threats could cost the world tens of billions of healthy life years and demands coordinated action from leaders.
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AI is among 17 potentially ‘catastrophic threats’ that researchers say require targeted action
By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — More than a dozen “interconnected catastrophic threats” pose significant risk to global health and wellbeing through the remainder of the 21st century, researchers say – including the potential for extinction. But targeted action from world leaders can help avoid worst-case scenarios. Using data from the Institute for Health Metrics
From obesity to nuclear war to global warming, the scientific journal “The Lancet” is publishing a study compiling the main factors that are likely to worsen human health in the future. A prospecting exercise designed to encourage policy makers to take preventive action.
Landmark Lancet Commission Maps 17 Catastrophic Threats to Human Health and
A new Lancet Commission identifies 17 interlinked catastrophic threats to human health and survival by 2100 and sets out a three-part roadmap of building threat-ready health systems, backing breakthrough innovation and tracking emerging risks.
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