The Big Threat Has Been Climate Change. Now Comes A.I.
A.I. is “eating up all our attention,” a professor of environmental politics said recently. Construction of an A.I. data center in Texas last month.Credit...Brandon Bell/Getty Images
TL;DR
- Experts are increasingly warning that artificial intelligence poses a greater risk to humanity than climate change.
- The potential for AI to cause human extinction makes it a more significant threat than climate change, even with its current impacts.
- The growing concern over AI could lead to climate change being overlooked by policymakers and the public.