https://wecanlookup.org/tags/existential-risk/ Recent content in Existential-Risk on We Can Look Up Hugo -- 0.155.3 en-au Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://wecanlookup.org/posts/this-is-february-2020-for-ai/ Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://wecanlookup.org/posts/this-is-february-2020-for-ai/ That virus doubled for two years and then stopped. AI has been doubling for decades, and the doubling time itself is shrinking. https://wecanlookup.org/posts/the-phase-shift/ Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://wecanlookup.org/posts/the-phase-shift/ A year of AI milestones in a month, and progress is only accelerating. https://wecanlookup.org/posts/our-final-invention/ Thu, 22 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://wecanlookup.org/posts/our-final-invention/ I’ve been obsessed with AI for almost 14 years. Over that time, I’ve come to believe there’s a high probability that independent AI systems more capable than humans will be built soon - and that this poses an existential risk to every person alive. https://wecanlookup.org/posts/our-final-invention-part-2/ Thu, 22 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://wecanlookup.org/posts/our-final-invention-part-2/ Humanity can rise to the challenge, and we’ve done so many times before. Our story need not end in catastrophe.