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How could climate change lead to an extinction event? Seems impossible to me even if it kills billions. Extremely easy to see how AI leads to an extinction even

How could climate change lead to an extinction event? Seems impossible to me even if it kills billions. Extremely easy to see how AI leads to an extinction event.

8note 4y ago
You can look at Venus as an example
dublinben 4y ago
The most dramatic example of climate induced extinction that many of us learned about as children would be the Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) extinction event 66 million years ago. This was most likely exogenous (caused by an enormous asteroid) but it still resulted in the "sudden mass extinction of three-quarters of the plant and animal species on Earth." Most notably this included the extinction of all non-avian dinosaurs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cretaceous%E2%80%93Paleogene_extinction_event https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cretaceous%E2%80%93Paleogene_e...
__loam 4y ago
Most of the mass extinction events in the geological history of this planet were related to rapid changes in the atmospheric composition, and we are currently living through a rapid decline in biodiversity caused by human activity. This statement is incredibly ignorant.
- HDThoreaun 4y ago
  Most species on earth have been much less industrious than humans. I suppose I should’ve specified human extinction I guess
  - __loam 4y ago
    Ecological collapse from human industriousness is a direct threat to our food supply and survival as a species.
    - HDThoreaun 4y ago
      no it's not. Many people will die due to global warming and ecological collapse, but humanity will be fine.
imtringued 4y ago
AI and climate change extinction events are equally likely to me because they need the same amount of wishful thinking that literally everything goes wrong perfectly. After all, both can be seen coming with plenty of notice. If the extinction event is avoidable humans will prepare against it.

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How could climate change lead to an extinction event? Seems impossible to me even if it kills billions. Extremely easy to see how AI leads to an extinction even

by HDThoreaun 4y ago

How could climate change lead to an extinction event? Seems impossible to me even if it kills billions. Extremely easy to see how AI leads to an extinction event.

8note 4y ago
You can look at Venus as an example
dublinben 4y ago
The most dramatic example of climate induced extinction that many of us learned about as children would be the Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) extinction event 66 million years ago. This was most likely exogenous (caused by an enormous asteroid) but it still resulted in the "sudden mass extinction of three-quarters of the plant and animal species on Earth." Most notably this included the extinction of all non-avian dinosaurs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cretaceous%E2%80%93Paleogene_extinction_event https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cretaceous%E2%80%93Paleogene_e...
__loam 4y ago
Most of the mass extinction events in the geological history of this planet were related to rapid changes in the atmospheric composition, and we are currently living through a rapid decline in biodiversity caused by human activity. This statement is incredibly ignorant.
- HDThoreaun 4y ago
  Most species on earth have been much less industrious than humans. I suppose I should’ve specified human extinction I guess
  - __loam 4y ago
    Ecological collapse from human industriousness is a direct threat to our food supply and survival as a species.
    - HDThoreaun 4y ago
      no it's not. Many people will die due to global warming and ecological collapse, but humanity will be fine.
imtringued 4y ago
AI and climate change extinction events are equally likely to me because they need the same amount of wishful thinking that literally everything goes wrong perfectly. After all, both can be seen coming with plenty of notice. If the extinction event is avoidable humans will prepare against it.