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Eighty-Five Seconds to Midnight: AI and Disruptive Technologies in the 2026 Doomsday Clock
The Doomsday Clock is a symbolic indicator of how much closer the world is to the global catastrophe. It was created in 1947 by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists shortly after the first use of nuclear weapons. The clock striking midnight symbolizes the end of our world and the number of minutes and seconds before midnight indicates how we are very near to self destruction. The clock is not supposed to foresee the future. Instead, it is a warning. It is a depiction of the
Ayesha Ansar
Feb 93 min read
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