Addressing Guterres’ triad of ‘existential threats’

Ahead of the ongoing high-level week of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres identified three interlocking challenges as “existential threats” to humanity: “runaway” artificial intelligence, the climate crisis and deepening inequalities. Guterres said we are in an “era of deep uncertainty” and added that international cooperation is more necessary than ever to confront these dangers....