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A Taxonomy of Omnicidal Futures Involving Artificial Intelligence — mentioned by reasonableklout

Sun, 04 Oct 2026 01:47:43 GMT

I expect they are not to your very high standards of "non-handwavey, detail exactly how it happens", but this paper from Andrew Critch and Jacob Tsimerman describes 5 different scenarios where catastrophic human casualties occur as a result of AI either being misused or going out of control: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.09369 I find the scenarios quite plausible, especially section (3a), which examines the consequences of a global war involving mostly autonomous drone militaries (which is a reality many states appear to be heading towards, following on lessons from the Ukraine war).

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A Taxonomy of Omnicidal Futures Involving Artificial Intelligence — mentioned by buellerbueller

Fri, 11 Sep 2026 18:40:16 GMT

The Center for Human-Compatible AI at UC Berkeley (part of their EE/CS Department) wrote "A Taxonomy of Omnicidal Futures Involving Artificial Intelligence", and it gives an example in each taxonomic leaf node: https://arxiv.org/html/2507.09369v1

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A Taxonomy of Omnicidal Futures Involving Artificial Intelligence — HN submission

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 22:51:13 GMT

A taxonomy of omnicidal futures involving artificial intelligence (2025)

78 points; 83 discussion replies on HN. Paper and source history. A submission is not an endorsement.

A Taxonomy of Omnicidal Futures Involving Artificial Intelligence — mentioned by hackandthink

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:43:53 GMT

Scary stuff from one of the winners: "A Taxonomy of Omnicidal Futures Involving Artificial Intelligence" (Jacob Tsimerman, Andrew Critch) https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.09369

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A Taxonomy of Omnicidal Futures Involving Artificial Intelligence — HN submission

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 17:55:57 GMT

A Taxonomy of Omnicidal Futures Involving Artificial Intelligence (2025)

3 points; 0 discussion replies on HN. Paper and source history. A submission is not an endorsement.