When will humans go extinct?

Life on Earth has reached its sixth mass extinction, which is “usually defined as about 75% of the world’s species being lost in a short period of geological time,” according to the Natural History Museum. While the previous mass extinctions came about due to natural causes, Forbes reported, “this is the first mass extinction event that is the result of the actions of just one species — humans.”

Many of the extinctions are due to various ecological problems caused by climate change and pollution. With the human footprint on extinction, experts have debated whether we will cause our own demise in the near future as well, given the threats of climate change as well as artificial intelligence and nuclear power, all of which have been shown to have potentially catastrophic impacts.

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