Otto Barten: Existential Risk 101, AI, Biotechnology, Unknown Unknowns | Martin Skadal podcast #03

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- Timestamps -
00:00 - Start
02:40 - Existential Risk 101
04:05 - How Otto Works with Existential Risk
06:20 - The Biggest Existential Risk: Artificial Intelligence
10:17 - Why Biotechnology Might Cause Human Extinction
13:05 - Nanotechnology as an Existential Risk
15:07 - Unknown Unknowns: Risks of the Next Centuries
16:21 - Nuclear War On Human Extinction
18:13 - How Climate Change Impacts Existential Risk
21:22 - The Existential Risk of Natural Phenomena
23:40 - Ways to Reduce the Existential Risks
37:38 - How People Can Take Part
42:07 - Otto’s Future plans and Last Thoughts
42:33 - Outro

Specific links as I referred to in this episode:
- https://www.existentialriskobservatory.org/
- https://twitter.com/XRobservatory
- https://www.instagram.com/existentialriskobservatory/
- https://www.linkedin.com/company/71570894/
- https://www.facebook.com/Existential-Risk-Observatory-104387338403042
- The Precipice, Toby Ord (https://www.amazon.com/Precipice-Existential-Risk-Future-Humanity/dp/0316484911)
- Superintelligence, Nick Bostrom (https://www.amazon.com/Superintelligence-Dangers-Strategies-Nick-Bostrom/dp/1501227742)
- Human Compatible, Stuart Russell (https://www.amazon.com/Human-Compatible/dp/0141987502)
- The case for reducing existential risks, 80000 hours (https://80000hours.org/articles/existential-risks/)
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existential_risk_from_artificial_general_intelligence
- Wait but Why: https://waitbutwhy.com/2015/01/artificial-intelligence-revolution-1.html

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