Data centers are the least of our AI problems

At Climate Week, most AI conversations focus on data centers: the electricity, the water, the strain on the grid. That concern is real, and the impacts hit communities hard. But AI's race toward Artificial General Intelligence brings other risks too. These go beyond the environment. They touch social cohesion, the future of our kids, the jobs we have now, geopolitics, the nature of war, and what it means to be human. Cyriac Joseph, founder of Novadaur, argues these risks matter just as much as the environmental ones, maybe more. He walks through five AI dangers that get far less attention: autonomous weapons, the unchecked race toward more powerful systems, AI built to be addictive, risks to young people, and the impact on work and jobs. The goal isn't to dismiss AI's climate cost. It's to widen the frame and ask where advocacy and funding can do the most good. Come if you work in AI, climate, or advocacy and want a clear, honest map of the risks that matter most.