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Will it be AI or the climate crisis that ends humanity? We can make it neither | Adam McKay and Philip Eubanks
In an opinion piece, Adam McKay and Philip Eubanks argue that the climate crisis and AI extinction risk share the same roots, private entities seeking to cash in, and that people have the power to stand against them.
Why it matters
The same thing, for different readers.
What it means for you
Adam McKay and Philip Eubanks tell Guardian readers that AI and climate threats come from the same profit motive and can be resisted.
The question it raises
The authors frame AI extinction risk and climate change as problems of private profit against collective responsibility.
The record
- Questions
- Who can demand evidence, delay a release or stop an unsafe deployment? · How fast is AI advancing, and where is it heading?
- People
- Adam McKay (Wrote it) · Philip Eubanks (Wrote it)
- What we read
- We have read only the description the publisher gives. No quotations until someone reads the source itself.
- Found by
- The Radar, run of October 29, 2026, via
the-guardian-ai(tier 2: a major outlet’s own reporting) - Cite this
- The Guardian, “Will it be AI or the climate crisis that ends humanity? We can make it neither | Adam McKay and Philip Eubanks”, October 28, 2026. Entry in the Ctrl AI Base, https://ctrlai.com/base/guardian-2026-10-28-mckay-eubanks-ai-climate-opinion
Our notesLight lane: only the standfirst and opening lines were available; the full argument was not read.