Shadows of Catastrophe: Navigating Modern Suffering Risks in a Vulnerable Society - Couverture souple

Skiba, Richard

 
9780975644607: Shadows of Catastrophe: Navigating Modern Suffering Risks in a Vulnerable Society
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0975644602 ISBN 13 : 9780975644607
Editeur : After Midnight Publishing, 2024

Synopsis

This book explores the concept of S-Risks, or suffering risks, and delves into their significance, distinguishing them from conspiracy theories and alarmism. It categorizes S-Risks into agential, natural, and incidental types, discussing the disjunctive nature and various factors influencing them. Examining technological progress, the existence of powerful agents, and unintended consequences, the book addresses societal values, ethical considerations, and specific risks like COVID-19, gain-of-function research, computer hacking, and social media impact. It thoroughly covers AI-related S-Risks, existential risks, misincentives, goal misalignment, adversarial AI, autonomous weapons, economic disruptions, surveillance, and privacy concerns. Additionally, it explores S-Risks associated with climate change, energy, activism, natural disasters, biological engineering, quantum technological outcomes, cosmic phenomena, social and economic experiments, cultural or memetic risks, and global consciousness networks. The book concludes by proposing a classification system for S-Risks and grouping S-Risk profiles.

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Éditeur
After Midnight Publishing
Date d'édition
2024
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0975644602
ISBN 13 
9780975644607
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
343
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