Additional categories of AI x-risk causal pathways

Determine whether there exist causal pathways to AI-induced existential catastrophes beyond the decisive artificial superintelligence x-risk pathway and the accumulative AI x-risk pathway, and, if so, characterize and classify such additional categories.

Background

The paper distinguishes two primary causal pathways to AI existential catastrophes: decisive events driven by artificial superintelligence and accumulative, multi-step degradations arising from interconnected AI-induced social risks. This framework is intended to broaden analysis and governance strategies by recognizing complementary risk mechanisms.

In closing, the author explicitly states that whether there are additional categories of AI x-risk pathways remains an open question, inviting future work to extend the typology and refine understanding of how different AI-related processes could lead to existentially significant outcomes.