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Ibrahim Abubakar

Commission member; professor of infectious disease epidemiology, UCL

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  • Professor of infectious disease epidemiology, University College Londonsource
  • Commission member, Lancet Commission on 21st Century Global Threats to Healthsource

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“We’re starting from the premise that if you are a policymaker today, whether at the global multilateral level or at the national level, these are the potential threats that you could face, and this is the magnitude by which, if you act, you can actually make a difference.”
Nuclear war and malicious use of AI threaten end of humanity by 2100, says Lancet assessmentThe Guardian, October 11, 2026. Speaking as: Academic. As quoted by the source, not their own text. Abubakar, a commission member, explaining that the list is meant as a guide for action, not to scare.

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  1. NewsThe GuardianSpeaks

    Nuclear war and malicious use of AI threaten end of humanity by 2100, says Lancet assessment

    The Guardian reports on the new Lancet Commission on 21st Century Global Threats to Health, which lists 17 major threats over the next 75 years. It names malicious use of AI, including bioweapons, and nuclear conflict as carrying risks of human extinction, while saying their likelihood is low and that each threat has a realistic route to action.