An essay · On AI, climate and civilisation-scale risk

Sitting With the
Second Existential Risk

The case for an IPCC on AI.

Two ways in

01 · The Essay

Read the full piece

The long-form editorial. Nine chapters, citations, pull quotes. Sit with it end to end.

long-form·~18 min

02 · The Conversation

Twenty provocations, each answered. A guided tour of the argument, one question at a time.

interactive·20 slides

Written by Stéphane Chatonsky, April 2026.
The research, ideas and structure are my own; AI was used for drafting assistance.