Q: How serious of an xrisk were / are nukes?
Toby Ord esimates that during the Cuban missile crisis there was a ~1/3 chance of nuclear war breaking out, which while maybe not extinction level bad, would still have been extremely bad.
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Q: How serious of an xrisk were / are nukes?
Toby Ord esimates that during the Cuban missile crisis there was a ~1/3 chance of nuclear war breaking out, which while maybe not extinction level bad, would still have been extremely bad.