HC
Human civilization
Topic
What experts have said about Human civilization
5 statements · 1 positive · 3 negative · 1 mixed
Civilization has strongly reduced human violence.
“it means that civilization, which is recent stuff with respect to, has had a very strong pacifying effect on us.”
Open the episode · #2554 - Carlo RovelliListen at 2:41:24
Human civilizations can achieve sophistication before collapsing and losing their historical memory.
“human civilizations can and reach a really High peak level of sophistication and then go down again and collapse and just all memory of them is gone.”
Open the episode · #2546 - Michael ButtonListen at 2:14:50
Human civilization is too close to an unavoidable catastrophic collapse.
“we're five inches from a brick wall, okay? And we're not gonna slow down in time to hit the wall. We're gonna hit the wall”
Open the episode · Financial Crash Expert: He Predicted The 2008 Crash, Now He Says Capitalism Failed, It’s Too Late!Listen at 38:08
Civilizational decline will begin within approximately ten years.
“I've got a feeling the next 10 years”
Open the episode · Financial Crash Expert: He Predicted The 2008 Crash, Now He Says Capitalism Failed, It’s Too Late!Listen at 40:27
Human civilization may eventually collapse without powerful AI systems.
“if we don't build powerful AI systems eventually, then we're probably going to die as a civilization eventually”
Open the episode · OpenAI Whistleblower FINALLY Speaks: “AI Has A 70% Chance Of Going Horribly Wrong!“Listen at 1:49:17
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