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RSI Encyclopedia · Event · May 2023
The statement on extinction risk (2023)
Lab leaders and researchers sign a one sentence statement: reducing the risk of extinction from the technology should be a global priority alongside pandemics and nuclear war.
- Date
- May 2023
- Type
- Milestone
- Status
- Happened
- Era
- 2023
What happened
Lab leaders and researchers sign a one sentence statement: reducing the risk of extinction from the technology should be a global priority alongside pandemics and nuclear war.
Why it matters
The statement was deliberately short so that people who disagreed on almost everything else could sign it. Signatories included heads of leading labs and many of the most cited researchers in the field.
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