FWIW standard conceptions of existential risk would categorize suffering risks as a type of existential risk. For example, Nick Bostrom has defined it as “threats that could cause our extinction or destroy the potential of Earth-originating intelligent life.” (emphasis mine)
FWIW standard conceptions of existential risk would categorize suffering risks as a type of existential risk. For example, Nick Bostrom has defined it as “threats that could cause our extinction or destroy the potential of Earth-originating intelligent life.” (emphasis mine)