extinction fears

/ɪkˈstɪŋkʃən fɪrz/· noun phrase

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extinction fears
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Chinese meaning

(对duì)灭miè绝jué的de担dān忧yōu

对duì灭miè绝jué、毁huǐ灭miè的de深shēn切qiè忧yōu虑lǜ

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担dān心xīn先xiān进jìnAI会huì导dǎo致zhì人rén类lèi灭miè绝jué

Example

Join MIT Technology Review executive editor Niall Firth for a conversation with senior AI editor Will Douglas Heaven and AI reporter Grace Huckins unpacking AI extinction fears

加jiā入rù《麻má省shěng理lǐ工gōng科kē技jì评píng论lùn》执zhí行xíng主zhǔ编biān尼ní尔ěr·费fèi尔ěr思sī,与yǔ高gāo级jíAI编biān辑jí威wēi尔ěr·道dào格gé拉lā斯sī·希xī文wén和héAI记jì者zhě格gé雷léi丝sī·哈hā金jīn斯sī一yì起qǐ,共gòng同tóng剖pōu析xī人rén们men对duìAI导dǎo致zhì人rén类lèi灭miè绝jué的de担dān忧yōu。

Source: MIT Technology Review · 11 Sep 2026

Background ✎

《麻má省shěng理lǐ工gōng科kē技jì评píng论lùn》将jiāng举jǔ办bàn一yī场cháng线xiàn上shàng圆yuán桌zhuō,探tàn讨tǎo顶dǐng尖jiānAI实shí验yàn室shì员yuán工gōng提tí出chū的de人rén类lèi灭miè绝jué担dān忧yōu是shì否fǒu成chéng立lì。这zhè些xiē员yuán工gōng认rèn为wéi先xiān进jìnAI有yǒu可kě能néng彻chè底dǐ毁huǐ灭miè人rén类lèi,对duì话huà将jiāng剖pōu析xī担dān忧yōu从cóng何hé而ér来lái、是shì否fǒu站zhàn得dé住zhù脚jiǎo以yǐ及jí应yìng对duì之zhī策cè。

Roots · etymology

源自拉丁「熄灭」+ 古英语「惊惧」

  • extinct(灭绝的,源自拉丁 exstinguere 熄灭)+ -ion(名词后缀,表状态)+ fear(恐惧)+ -s(复数)

Collocations

  • raise extinction fears / stoke extinction fears / human extinction fears

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