◄ Episode Topic Score

• Culture (9)
• Design (6)
• Education (10)
• Environment (7)
• Science (8)
• Technology (9)

◄ Topical Keywords

• Existential Risk
• Artificial Intelligence
• Sustainability
• AI Governance

◄ Episode Description

What are the gravest threats to our existence? Why have we survived so long, and yet always feel on the edge of a great collapse? Understanding the existential risks that our species may face in the future is an essential part of how we plan our future as a civilization.

Our next guest is Seth Baum, Cofounder and Executive Director of the Global Catastrophic Risk Institute, and he’s Research Affiliate of the University of Cambridge in the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk. In his research, Seth has categorized the potential, long-Term Trajectories of Human Civilization, and has come to an inconvenient conclusion - “Over the long-term, the persistence of the status quo appears rather unlikely. Instead, civilization is likely to either die out or transform.

In this conversation, we discuss the real risks behind human extinction, and what it would look like for humanity to transform enough to actually survive, and possibly thrive in the uncertain future.

My name is Robert Roche, and This is the type one planet podcast - watch or listen to this episode, please subscribe, share it with someone who might become inspired, and visit us at Typeoneplanet.net.

◄ Episode Timestamps

• (00:00) - Introduction
• (2:30) - Why haven’t we gone extinct yet?
• (4:00) - The moral case for saving human civilization
• (12:45) - 4 potential trajectories for our species
• (19:00) - Our time on earth is limited
• (21:00) - The end of the status quo
• (24:30) - An analysis of potential fail safes for our civilization
• (30:00) - The risk of nuclear warfare
• (39:20) - Understanding tactical nukes
• (42:50) - The risks of artificial intelligence
• (45:30) - Corporate governance around AI

◄ Additional Episode Resources

• Seth’s Website: https://sethbaum.com/
• Seth’s Twitter: ​​https://twitter.com/SethBaum
• Seth’s Wikipedia Page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth_Baum
• Global Catastrophic Risk Website: https://gcrinstitute.org/author/seth-baum/

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