If humans went extinct, the Earth would recover from our impact in a few million years. But some of our legacies would remain in the fossil record, such as the bones of our cities and our plastic pollution. The planet's future inhabitants might wonder who we were and why we disappeared. #HumanExtinction #FossilRecord #EarthRecovery https://www.sciencefocus.com/planet-earth/how-human-extinction-would-change-the-earth?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=HariTulsidas%2Fmagazine%2FArchetypes

Humans were on the brink of extinction in the last one million years. Approximately 99% of our ancient human ancestors may have become extinct approximately 930,000 years ago. This critical event led to a significant reduction in the human population, with estimates suggesting that only around 1,300 individuals survived this challenging period, which lasted for about 120,000 years.

#HumanExtinction #GeneticDiversity

https://greekreporter.com/2023/09/02/humans-faced-extinction-ancient-population-crash/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=HariTulsidas%2Fmagazine%2FMind+and+Matter

Indian scientist #ShekharMande warns of #AIdangers like #viraloutbreaks #nuclearwar and #humanextinction

https://newstarget.com/2023-08-23-scientist-ai-dangers-viral-outbreaks-war-extinction.html

‘One climate disaster after another’: North America’s long hot summer
https://www.ft.com/content/da0149d3-1a5f-41de-9c3b-83ad3562ac98 #climatechange #humanextinction #climatecollapse

#History #Ethics #HumanExtinction: "The main text of my new book, Human Extinction: A History of the Science and Ethics of Annihilation, is 457 pages long, or around 200,000 words. That’s a lot to read. So, I thought it might be useful to outline some of the key ideas of Part I and Part II. In brief:

Part I is an intellectual history of thinking about human extinction (mostly) within the Western tradition. When did our forebears first imagine humanity ceasing to exist? Have people always believed that human extinction is a real possibility, or were some convinced that this could never happen? How has our thinking about extinction evolved over time? Why do so many notable figures today believe that the probability of extinction this century is higher than ever before in our 300,000-year history on Earth? Exploring these questions takes us from the ancient Greeks, Persians, and Egyptians, through the 18th-century Enlightenment, past scientific breakthroughs of the 19th century like thermodynamics and evolutionary theory, up to the Atomic Age, the rise of modern environmentalism in the 1970s, and contemporary fears about climate change, global pandemics, and artificial general intelligence (AGI).

Part II is a history of Western thinking about the ethical and evaluative implications of human extinction. Would causing or allowing our extinction be morally right or wrong? Would our extinction be good or bad, better or worse compared to continuing to exist? For what reasons? Under which conditions? Do we have a moral obligation to create future people? Would past “progress” be rendered meaningless if humanity were to die out? Does the fact that we might be unique in the universe — the only “rational” and “moral” creatures — give us extra reason to ensure our survival? I place these questions under the umbrella of Existential Ethics" https://xriskology.medium.com/human-extinction-a-brief-guided-tour-of-the-book-5cfb6a5a726”"

What would happen if humans went extinct? What are the scenarios and consequences of human extinction, from natural causes such as asteroid impacts or pandemics to human-induced causes such as nuclear war or climate change? If humans disappeared, many other species would benefit from the reduced environmental pressure, while some domesticated animals and crops would struggle to survive.

#HumanExtinction #Environment #Civilization https://studyfinds.org/if-humans-went-extinct/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=HariTulsidas%2Fmagazine%2FArchetypes

Don’t worry so much about climate change! The planet will deal with the forty billion tons of CO2 (each year) that we are now producing, in about 200,000 years. And that’s only 8,000 generations! In evolutionary terms, and in the history of the planet, that’s the blink of an eye… #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Hell #HumanExtinction

#AI: The worst-case scenario
https://theweek.com/artificial-intelligence/1024341/ai-the-worst-case-scenario
#Artificialintelligence’s architects warn it could cause "#humanextinction." How might that happen?

#AI bigwigs: Risk of #humanextinction from #advancedAI systems should be a priority #futuretech

https://newstarget.com/2023-06-02-industry-leaders-human-extinction-risk-ai-prioritized.html

#AI bigwigs: Risk of #humanextinction from #advancedAI systems should be a priority

https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-06-02-industry-leaders-human-extinction-risk-ai-prioritized.html

#futuretech

https://yewtu.be/watch?v=Ajcg2ZOnZXU

#AIGodfather #YoshuaBengio on #humanextinction if there's no #regulationofAI

#science

Yay! Start your weekend by adding another square to your "ways the human race is going to make itself extinct" bingo card.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/14/north-korea-missile-launch-was-new-kind-of-icbm-regime-says-as-first-images-emerge
#CND #WorldPolitics #HumanExtinction

Super great to feel the collective energy in support of this indictment! 👏👏

Now we just need something that inspires collective awakening about the direness of the climate crisis!

I know, how about: just like we are seeing that no one is above the law, everyone suddenly realizes that the human species really could go extinct, possibly even by the end of the Raging Twenties. 😳

#Indictment #CollectiveAwakening #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #HumanExtinction #Energy

Attention entrepreneurs! Now is the time to invest in extinction-related ventures. Get in to the market early before everyone catches on. There's a huge bundle to be made on swag, extinction tourism, useless survival gadgets and extracts of hopium. Let's not waste anymore time in mobilizing this new industry. Get in now before it's too late.

Embrace #TheStinct #XtantXtinction #HumanExtinction #WeBeKaput

The go-to people regarding #humanextinction are not philosophers. The go-to people are engineers especially in petrochemicals. I want to say: read a book! Specifically,
#AlanWeisman 's The World Without Us (2007). Weisman, unlike such sage philosophers as William (best friend of Elon Musk) Macaskill and Derek Parfitt, actually noticed a few things. For instance, he noticed the petrochemical industry and infrastructure. https://limitedinc.blogspot.com/2023/03/longtermism-its-gas.html

"The rate of an #asteroid larger than 3 miles across striking the #Earth is approximately once every 6 million years... some 50000 years ago, a #meteorite about 160 feet across struck Earth with a velocity of 29,000 miles per hour. The energy released in the #collision was equivalent to 600 Hiroshima bombs. Among other cataclysmic effects, the #impact could be felt in the form of a 1,000-mph wind blast more than two miles from the site"

#extinction #humanextinction
https://nautil.us/humans-could-go-the-way-of-the-dinosaurs-262372/

‘Superhuman AI’ could cause human extinction, MPs told | The Independent
#AI
#HumanExtinction

‘It could kill everyone,’ warns AI researcher

https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/artificial-intelligence-threat-ai-weapons-b2269707.html

Ah, yes, just what the world needs is more #oil. #Uganda is apparently betting that oil prices will remain in their favor long enough to make it worth investing in production capacity.

#ClimateChange #GlobalHeating #HumanExtinction

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/1/24/uganda-to-unveil-first-commercial-oil-production-drilling-programme

@PIK_climate Indeed. People in the position of really knowing & crafting the calls to action are failing in their motivational quest thru pure linguistics alone.

Not #ClimateCrisis > #PlanetaryCrisis.
Even #LifeasUsualCrisis.
Not #HumanRights > #HumanExtinction.

Imperative to translate #science into mainstream values + vice versa…w/ goal of xforming mainstream values. #UTOK #SystemsChange #SystemicChange #sciencecomms

Guardian Columnist George Monbiot's final word on COP26:
"This pathetic, limp rag of a document"

#GeorgeMonbiot #COP26Coalition #GretaThunberg #ClimateAndEcologicalCrisis
#SixthMassExtinction
#HumanExtinction

https://www.newstalk.com/news/cop26-agreement-a-pathetic-limp-rag-of-a-document-george-monbiot-1277215