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Unaligned Superintelligence
Current global trends in technology, geopolitics, and society point to unaligned superintelligence as the most likely way the world could end. Rapid progress toward AGI, driven by intense competition between nations, outpaces safety research, with experts estimating a greater than 10% risk of human extinction within a decade.[[1]](https://bronson.ai/resources/could-ai-wipe-out-humans-the-scenarios-experts-fear-most/)
A misaligned AI could autonomously initiate catastrophic events such as nuclear war or engineered pandemics, or simply optimize the world without regard for human survival. This threat exceeds slower processes like climate collapse due to its potential speed and totality, while ongoing conflicts and polarization hinder effective governance.
A misaligned AI could autonomously initiate catastrophic events such as nuclear war or engineered pandemics, or simply optimize the world without regard for human survival. This threat exceeds slower processes like climate collapse due to its potential speed and totality, while ongoing conflicts and polarization hinder effective governance.