Lancet Commission lists 17 major 21st-century health threats, with malicious AI use among catastrophic risks
emmanuelvivier · x · 2026-10-11
The Lancet Commission on 21st century global threats to health identifies 17 major threats, ranking malicious AI use alongside nuclear conflict among catastrophic risks requiring systematic preparedness. It introduces an 'expected amenable DALYs' metric and stresses harms fall disproportionately on low-income and marginalized populations.
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