A newly
released global risk assessment warns that malicious use of artificial
intelligence or nuclear conflict could cause human extinction by the year 2100.
These two
hazards lead a comprehensive list of 17 major threats to human health over the
coming 75 years, alongside climate crisis, childhood malnutrition, and severe aid
spending cuts by wealthy nations.
Experts at The
Lancet Commission on 21st Century Global Threats to Health said all 17 hazards
interact closely, requiring un...