Will it be AI or the climate crisis that ends humanity? We can make it neither | Adam McKay and Philip Eubanks
TL;DR
Both of these threats have the same roots: private entities seeking to cash in. We have the power to stand against them A summer of extreme heat, entire villages obliterated in Nepal, a super El Niño breaking records, Exxon publicly saying we may reach 3C by 2050 – could it possibly be any worse? How about throwing AI extinction in the mix? Continue reading...
Nauti's Take
This is primarily a political argument, not new evidence about the likelihood of an AI or climate catastrophe. For AI teams, the actionable step is concrete: document dependencies, energy use, data access, and emergency shutdown procedures for every production AI workflow before abstract extinction scenarios start driving priorities.
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