Geoffrey Hinton, often referred to as one of the “godfathers” of artificial intelligence, believes there is a 10% to 20% chance that AI could drive humanity to extinction within 30 years. Speaking on ...

Human beings are steadily heading towards extinction and may “already be a dead species walking”, according to a scientist.

If I could walk among any of Earth’s vanished species, I most wish I had lived alongside the American chestnut. Existing at the cusp of time between rapid industrial development at the end of the 19th ...

Pandemics and nuclear war are real, tangible concerns, more so than AI doom, at least to me, a scientist at the RAND Corporation. We do all kinds of research on national security issues and might be ...

Musser argues humans have been living in a great knowledge-increasing, self-developing great progression for thousands of years, but humankind has never known where this progression should eventually ...

Wildlife declines have been precipitous in recent years and environmentalists would like to turn it around before it's too late.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant. In today’s column, I examine the widely debated and quite ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. PETALUMA, Calif., Oct. 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- A bold vision for humanity's future has emerged with the book Thinking ...