Adam McKay and Philip Eubanks say climate and AI harms need collective resistance, not AI apocalypse focus
AIAdam McKay and Philip Eubanks argue that AI and climate risks are driven by a few private corporations and billionaires, and that the debate over AI extinction misses current harms. They cite a Nature study estimating that oil-and-tech AI partnerships could add 1.8 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide, and say Data Center Watch counted at least 120 US datacenter projects worth nearly $200bn blocked or delayed in the first half of 2026.
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Original title: Will it be AI or the climate crisis that ends humanity? We can make it neither | Adam McKay and Philip Eubanks