September issue: The hype, peril, and promise of AI

existential risk

Introduction: The Hype, Peril, and Promise of Artificial Intelligence

By John Mecklin | Artificial Intelligence, Military Applications of AI

If you worry about humanity, you should be more scared of humans than of AI

By Moran Cerf, Adam Waytz | Artificial Intelligence, Disruptive Technologies, Opinion

Catastrophic risks are converging. It’s time for researchers to step out of their silos.

By Kayla Lucero-Matteucci | Climate Change, Disruptive Technologies, Nuclear Risk, Voices of Tomorrow

Security camera at the Swiss National Museum

Existential espionage: How intelligence gathering can protect humanity

By Rumtin Sepasspour | Disruptive Technologies

Scared straight: How prophets of doom might save the world

By Émile P. Torres | Disruptive Technologies

The Greenland Ice Sheet was melting already in 2009

Revisiting the climate collapse: The view from Nuuk in the year 2070

By David Spratt | Climate Change, Doomsday Clock