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Hawking warned humanity faces near-certain disaster
Original: Stephen Hawking, physicist: “The probability of a disaster becomes an almost absolute certainty”
Stephen Hawking, the renowned British theoretical physicist, is quoted warning that the probability of a global disaster threatening humanity is becoming an almost absolute certainty. Hawking repeatedly cautioned about existential risks including climate change, artificial intelligence, nuclear war and pandemics, arguing humans may need to become a multi-planetary species to survive.
Why now: Renewed circulation of Hawking's stark warning about humanity's survival is prompting discussion of existential risks.
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- Stephen Hawking, physicist: “The probability of a disaster becomes an almost absolute certainty” · MARCA
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