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AI doesn't need 'superintelligence' or evil intent to start a nuclear war(thebulletin.org)

11 points by bookofjoe 21 days ago | 3 comments

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists article arguing AI could trigger nuclear war without superintelligence or malicious intent; the screenshot shows a different article on Trump-Xi strategic stability.

Despite what's happening in the USA, renewables are winning globally(thebulletin.org)

110 points by pseudolus 1 year ago | 90 comments

AI and surveillance capitalism are undermining democracy(thebulletin.org)

40 points by pseudolus 1 year ago | 9 comments

We're back: How tuberculosis is set to surge globally once again(thebulletin.org)

41 points by pseudolus 1 year ago | 6 comments

'We're losing our environmental history': The future of government information(thebulletin.org)

4 points by rntn 1 year ago | 0 comments

An unearthly spectacle – The untold story of the biggest nuclear bomb (2021)(thebulletin.org)

75 points by arethuza 1 year ago | 116 comments

California AI bill becomes a lightning rod–for safety advocates and devs alike(thebulletin.org)

4 points by rbanffy 2 years ago | 0 comments

Cis-lunar space and the security dilemma(thebulletin.org)

14 points by SiempreViernes 2 years ago | 5 comments

A ‘plague’ comes before the fall: lessons from Roman history(thebulletin.org)

198 points by diodorus 2 years ago | 219 comments

Nuclear power saved Armenia(thebulletin.org)

123 points by pseudolus 2 years ago | 50 comments

Yoshua Bengio: We need a humanity defense organization(thebulletin.org)

42 points by Brajeshwar 3 years ago | 34 comments

Managed to death: How Canada turned its forests into a carbon bomb(thebulletin.org)

46 points by pseudolus 3 years ago | 48 comments

DARPA hacked a science writer’s brain and turned her into a sharpshooter(thebulletin.org)

193 points by bookofjoe 3 years ago | 116 comments