future of life institute
"How do we make sure that everybody can make a living?"
"[My nephew was] transformed into a charred, blackened and swollen child who kept asking in a faint voice for water until he died in agony.”
"Nothing could be more important than avoiding the extermination of humanity."
While economists debate the extent to which technology plays a role in global inequality, most agree that tech advances have exacerbated the problem.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Unlike nuclear weapons, this new class can potentially target by traits like race or even by what people have liked on social media.