Comment by jschveibinz

Here are just a few of viewpoints on what constitute world problems to solve:

https://80000hours.org/problem-profiles/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_global_issues

https://encyclopedia.uia.org/

Interestingly, one list identifies "AI" as a top world problem! One person's problem is another person's solution, I guess--and vice versa, as well.

An extreme example: curing a disease is good for patients but bad for the healthcare industry--which is (in kind) also bad for healthcare workers and everyone in science working on cures.