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New Attention Grabbing Video Released By B612 Foundation

The Impact

Between 2000 and 2013, a network of sensors that monitors Earth around the clock listening for the infrasound signature of nuclear detonations detected 26 explosions on Earth ranging in energy from 1 to 600 kilotons – all caused not by nuclear explosions, but rather by asteroid impacts. These findings were recently released from the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization, which operates the network.

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Louie Helm is a Machine Learning Engineer

8 Responses to “New Attention Grabbing Video Released By B612 Foundation”

  1. May 16

    Ryan Falor

    I helped make that video.

  2. May 16

    Louie Helm

    Sick brag!

  3. May 16

    Misha Gurevich

    Where do marginal anti-asteroid x-risk prevention dollars go?

  4. May 16

    Louie Helm

    At B612, to fundraising for their satellite that looks for them.

  5. May 16

    Louie Helm

    Asteroid tracking and deflection is the easiest x-risk to understand though, so I don’t personally donate to it because I expect it to get all the funding it needs from traditional sources.

  6. May 16

    Louie Helm

    Still think it’s a good idea and support it. Also think their new video is a great advocacy tool which I wish could exist for other similarly valuable causes in adjacent x-risk reduction causes.

  7. May 16

    Ryan Falor

    Unfortunately they do not get enough funding from traditional sources. Most people can’t think big enough to consider the x-risk.

  8. May 17

    tmosley

    How much does this system cost, and how accurate is it? What are the ongoing costs? Time and effort that may be better spent elsewhere.