COVID-19 and Singularity: Can the Philippines Survive Another Existential Threat?

• Main Authors: Boyles, Robert James M., Dacela, Mark Anthony, Evangelista, Tyrone Renzo, Rodriguez, Jon Carlos
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2022
• Subjects: technological singularity; artificial intelligence; COVID-19; existential threat; Philippine disaster response
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/apssr/vol22/iss2/13; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/apssr/article/1428/viewcontent/RA_2012_revised.pdf
• Institution: De La Salle University

In general, existential threats are those that may potentially result in the extinction of the entire human species, if not significantly endanger its living population. Among the said threats include, but not limited to, pandemics and the impacts of a technological singularity. As regards pandemics...