[2507.09369] A Taxonomy of Omnicidal Futures Involving Artificial Intelligence

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[Submitted on 12 Jul 2025]

Title:A Taxonomy of Omnicidal Futures Involving Artificial Intelligence

Authors:Andrew Critch, Jacob Tsimerman<br>View a PDF of the paper titled A Taxonomy of Omnicidal Futures Involving Artificial Intelligence, by Andrew Critch and 1 other authors

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Abstract:This report presents a taxonomy and examples of potential omnicidal events resulting from AI: scenarios where all or almost all humans are killed. These events are not presented as inevitable, but as possibilities that we can work to avoid. Insofar as large institutions require a degree of public support in order to take certain actions, we hope that by presenting these possibilities in public, we can help to support preventive measures against catastrophic risks from AI.

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Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)

MSC classes:<br>68T01

ACM classes:<br>I.2.0

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(or<br>arXiv:2507.09369v1 [cs.AI] for this version)

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2507.09369

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Submission history<br>From: Andrew Critch PhD [view email]<br>[v1]<br>Sat, 12 Jul 2025 18:23:36 UTC (420 KB)

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