Human existence is quite fragile. Humans all over the globe are in contact and interconnected globally. The actions and their reactions can have a ripple effect with consequences that can deluge globally. The consequences could be irreversible and in the long run catastrophic, which according to scientists may lead to humankind’s extinction eventually.
Four major things threatening our lives today
One ultimate fact that threatens our lives and is threatening already is the technology and the disastrous factors of technology. According to experts, putting too much effort to create new technological inventions may one day go out of control and even the creators of these won’t be able to control these.
Nuclear war
The biggest threat of the modern world, putting our lives at stake, is Nuclear war. We all remember how Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan had to face a disastrous nuclear bomb killing more than 150,000 people. The threat and after-effects are not dead and clear even after 75 years. That catastrophic moment implies how the nuclear weapons and other disastrous bombs in this modern-day society can put the whole presence and existence of humanity at stake.
Biological warfare
As global challenges reports and its surveys suggest, there are certain chemicals and biological weapons that are more inclined to spread catastrophe worldwide. There are poisonous chemicals that can be used to aerosolize and spread into water supplies and eventually polluting the entire region and killing hundreds of people. Moreover, the developments and role of technology have enabled synthetic biology and genetic engineering to make deadly substances. These pathogens can easily be released accidentally in populated areas. The report further suggests making it a bigger threat to human lives. The alarming factor about it, chemical and biological weapons can be developed with rather limited resources and relatively lower cost as compared to nuclear weapons that require more resources and engineering efforts to make.
Climate change has been another greatest threat to humankind these days. According to experts and reports, the world’s temperate has already increased to 1˚C as compared to pre-industry and past industrial areas. This is mainly because of human activity. If the circumstances don’t change and the trends remained on, humans will have to witness a further rise in temperature which can eventually cause severe storms, droughts, and flooding. A rise in sea levels is also very much possible, causing coastal flooding. The flooding can also affect wastewater treatments and drinking water. This can cause waterborne diseases and their spread. Biodiversity and its loss could be one of the biggest consequences of a disturbance in the ecosystem.
Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence is often known as AI, had been created for the assistance of human beings, and now in the modern world, it has certainly become a threat to human lives and resources. Scientists including world-famous astrophysicist Stephan Hawking believed that artificial intelligence might get difficult to control even by its creators and these can challenge human competency. The whole scenario might result in the extinction of the human race.
So, this is important that human creators of this intelligence take charge and don’t deploy these carelessly. If these are left unsupervised and more empowering, machines could be more dominant, as scientists suggest. These are going to be much more dominant, sophisticated ad more evolved than humans. AI can cause a global problem, pushing humans to extinction.
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