UN Is Only Concerned About Technology — and People —They Don't Control

On Wednesday, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres issued a grave warning regarding the myriad challenges facing humanity, characterizing them as a “Pandora’s box of ills.” He emphasized that the proliferation of “uncontrolled technology” poses significant risks to our very existence.

Secretary-General Guterres articulated, “Our actions— or, in some cases, our inactions—have precipitated a contemporary Pandora’s box of challenges.” He identified four principal threats that could fundamentally disrupt various aspects of our global agenda and, in the most severe scenarios, jeopardize our existence: escalating conflicts, pervasive inequalities, the escalating climate crisis, and uncontrolled technological advancements.

In his address to the General Assembly, Guterres outlined his priorities for the upcoming year, highlighting the unprecedented crises and polarization that the organization is currently confronting. “Four of those ills stand out because they represent, at best, threats that could disrupt every aspect of our agenda and, at worst, upend our very existence: Runaway conflicts. Rampant inequalities. The raging climate crisis. And out-of-control technology.”

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