The 21st Show

From nuclear war to AI, how to think about threats to humankind

Produced by Brian Mackey
 
FILE - This July 16, 1945 photo, shows an aerial view after the first atomic explosion at Trinity Test Site, N.M.

FILE - This July 16, 1945 photo, shows an aerial view after the first atomic explosion at Trinity Test Site, N.M. AP File Photo

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Today, we begin a series of conversations on existential risks to humankind — such as nuclear war, global warming and artificial intelligence. Those dangers are regularly explored by the “Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists”, which was founded 80 years ago in Chicago. The magazine's editor joins the program.


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John Mecklin
Editor-in-chief, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists