Doomsday’s clock symbolizing how close humanity is in destruction a second in front at 89 seconds at midnight – the closest it has ever been.
The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists (Low) – which establishes the clock each year – said that nuclear threats, potential abuse of progress in biology and artificial intelligence, as well as climate change, were key factors.
Daniel Holz, president of the Bulletin Science and Security Council, said the last decision was “a warning to all world leaders”.
The clock was originally placed seven minutes at midnight in 1947. Last year, it was unchanged at 90 seconds.
In Tuesday’s declaration, the bottom – a non -profit organization based in Chicago – said: “By setting the clock for a second closer to midnight, we send a raw signal.
“Because the world is already dangerously close to the precipice, a one -second decision should be considered an indication of an extreme danger and an undoubted warning that each second late in the inversion of the prices increases the probability global disaster. “
He warned that the war continues in Ukraine – now approaching a three -year note since the large -scale invasion of Russia – “could become nuclear at any time due to a reckless or accident decision or a MAL CALCULATION “.
“The conflict in the Middle East threatens to become uncontrollable in a wider war without warning,” the statement said.
The panel of scientists also said that “the long -term prognosis for global attempts to face climate change remains poor, because most governments fail to promulgate financing and policy initiatives necessary to stop global warming “.
In the organic arena, the bottom continued, “emerging and re -emerging diseases continue to threaten the economy, society and the security of the world”.
He also warned that “a range of other disruptive technologies put forward last year in a way that makes the world more dangerous”.
“Systems that integrate artificial intelligence into military targeting have been used in Ukraine and the Middle East, and several countries are moving to integrate artificial intelligence into their soldiers.”
The organization stressed that all these dangers “are greatly exacerbated by a powerful threat multiplier: the spread of disinformation, disinformation and conspiracy theories which degrade the communication ecosystem and more and more blurred the border between Truth and lie “.
The United States, China and Russia, have declared the bottom, “have the collective power to destroy civilization”, adding that the three nations “have the main responsibility to bring the world from the edge”.
