In the hierarchy

1. Part III: Governance, Power & Existential Concerns
2. D23. Catastrophic & Existential Risk
3. 23.1 Catastrophic misuse

Virtues and principles to explore

Held as inquiry, not as a verdict.

• Hope

  Hope

  Stand in uncertainty, where there is room to act — not in optimism or despair.

• Humility

  Center principle

  The map is larger than any one of us.

• Courage

  Hope

  Act without the comfort of certainty.

Starter questions

Written to probe curiosity and learning, not accusation.

1. 01If a colleague raised this concern tomorrow, how would we receive it as inquiry rather than accusation?
2. 02What capacity would we need — in people, in the institution, in the tools — to meet this well?
3. 03What would Courage require of us here, before we proceed?
4. 04What might we be missing if we treat “Mass cyber-attack scenarios” only as a technical problem?

Also on this branch

• Engineered pandemic risk10
• AI-enabled WMD proliferation10
• Autonomous conflict escalation10

Frameworks and sources

• UK International Scientific Report on Advanced AI Safetyreport
• MIT AI Risk Repositoryframework