‘Doomsday Clock’ approached the destruction of humanity

The final judgment clock symbolizing how close to humanity is destruction, a second second has moved to 89 seconds at midnight, as close as you have been.

The Atomic Scientists Bulletin (BAS), which establishes the clock annually, said that nuclear threats, bad positions of advances in artificial biology and intelligence, as well as climate change, were the key factors.

Daniel Holz, president of the Bulletin Science and Security Board, said the last movement was “a warning for all world leaders.”

The clock was originally placed at seven minutes until midnight in 1947. Last year, 90 seconds was left unchanged.

In Tuesday’s statement, the BAS, a non -profit organization based in Chicago, said: “When configuring the clock a second closer to midnight, we send a marked signal.

“Because the world is already dangerously close to the precipice, a movement of even a single second should be taken as an indication of extreme danger and an unmistakable warning that every second delay in reverting the course increases the probability of global disaster.”

He warned that the war continues in Ukraine, which is now approaching a three -year mark since the large -scale invasion of Russia, “could become nuclear at any time due to a precipitated decision or by accidents or calculation errors.”

“The conflict in the Middle East threatens to get out of control in a broader war without prior notice,” said the statement.

The scientists’ panel also said that “the long -term forecast for attempts in the world of dealing with climate change remains poor, since most governments do not promulus the necessary financing and political initiatives to stop global warming” .

In the biological field, BA continued, “emerging and reemerging diseases continue to threaten the economy, society and security of the world.”

He also warned that “a variety of other disruptive technologies advanced last year so that it makes the world more dangerous.”

“The systems that incorporate artificial intelligence in military orientation have been used in Ukraine and the Middle East, and several countries are moving to integrate artificial intelligence into their military.”

The organization emphasized that all these dangers “are very exacerbated by a powerful threat multiplier: the propagation of erroneous information, misinformation and conspiracy theories that degrade the communication ecosystem and increasingly blur the line between the truth and falsehood. “

The United States, China and Russia, they said, “have the collective power to destroy civilization,” and added that the three nations “have the main responsibility to withdraw the world from the edge.”