#1260 Émile Torres: The Risks of AI and Climate Change
RECORDED ON MARCH 11th 2026.
Dr. Émile Torres is an affiliate at Data and Society. Their work over the past decade has centered around a single theme: eschatology, whether religious, secular, or scientific. Recently, their work has been focused on the nature and causes of human extinction, its ethical implications, and the history of the idea. They are the author of Morality, Foresight, and Human Flourishing: An Introduction to Existential Risks, and their latest book is Human Extinction: A History of the Science and Ethics of Annihilation, a sprawling work of intellectual history, ethics, and population axiology.
In this episode, we talk about the risks associated with AI and climate change. We go through topics like AI slop, AI hallucinations, AI religions, deepfakes, how AI is contributing to climate change, and whether there is an AI bubble. Finally, we talk about the risks of climate change.
Time Links:
Intro
AI slop
AI religions
Deepfakes
How AI is contributing to climate change
Is there an AI bubble?
The risks of climate change
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Twitter handle: @xriskology