# Adam McKay and Philip Eubanks say climate and AI harms need collective resistance, not AI apocalypse focus

> Original title: Will it be AI or the climate crisis that ends humanity? We can make it neither | Adam McKay and Philip Eubanks

- Source: The Guardian · AI
- Published: 2026-10-28T12:00:04.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/zkst0p11dyaudwa3zas3ag1w4
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/28/ai-climate-crisis-humanity

## Summary

Adam 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. They say Climate Emergency Fund has put half its funding toward grassroots groups.