Will a global catastrophe kill at least 10% of humans before 2030, and what will be the cause?
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91%
No global catastrophe
0.6%
Nuclear
1.9%
Biological
5%
Artificial Intelligence
0.9%
Nanotechnology
0.3%
Climate
0.4%
Other cause
If the human population decreases by at least 10% in any period of 5 or fewer consecutive calendar years, which we will define here as a "global catastrophe", resolves to the principal cause. Otherwise, resolves to "no global catastrophe".
See https://www.metaculus.com/questions/1493/global-population-decline-10-by-2100/ and https://www.metaculus.com/questions/2568/ragnar%25C3%25B6k-seriesresults-so-far/ for more precise definitions of these categories and for related forecasts.
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