A Taxonomy of Omnicidal Futures Involving Artificial Intelligence

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View PDF HTML (experimental) 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.

Subjects: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI) MSC classes: 68T01 ACM classes: I.2.0

Cite as: arXiv:2507.09369 [cs.AI] (or arXiv:2507.09369v1 [cs.AI] for this version) https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2507.09369 arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite Submission history From: Andrew Critch PhD [view email] [v1] Sat, 12 Jul 2025 18:23:36 UTC (420 KB)