More to explore on 'Our final century'

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Policy and research ideas to reduce existential risk - 80,000 Hours (5 mins.)The Vulnerable World Hypothesis - Future of Humanity Institute - Scientific and technological progress might change people’s capabilities or incentives in ways that would destabilize civilization. This paper introduces the concept of a vulnerable world: roughly, one in which there is some level of technological development at which civilization almost certainly gets devastated by default. (45 mins.). Democratizing Risk: In Search of a Methodology to Study Existential Risk (50 mins.)A critical review of “The Precipice” (maybe come back to the “Unaligned Artificial Intelligence” section next week, once you’ve engaged with the argument for AI risk).