This paper provides an in-depth analysis of the impact of AI technologies on the climate crisis beyond their mere resource consumption. To critically examine this impact, I introduce the concept of AI futurism. With this term I capture the ideology behind AI, and argue that this ideology is inherently connected to the climate crisis. This is because AI futurism construes a socio-material environment overly fixated on AI and technological progress, to the extent that it loses sight of the existential threats ahead. In that way, the perceived significance of the planetary reality is softened, and the unsustainable paths charted by the AI industry remain opaque. To make this argument the paper unfolds in two main sections. (1) It delves into the ideology of AI futurism and its discursive impact on the societal perception of the climate crisis. (2) It employs a materialist perspective to elucidate the tangible effects of the AI industry on the climate crisis, and to show what is going on behind the façade of AI futurism. Adding to a critical theory of AI and the climate crisis, this paper starts a realistic conversation about the challenges posed by the intersection of these transformations.

本文深入分析了人工智能技术对气候危机的影响，而不仅仅是其资源消耗。为了批判性地审视这种影响，我引入了人工智能未来主义的概念。我用这个术语捕捉了人工智能背后的意识形态，并认为这种意识形态与气候危机有着内在的联系。这是因为人工智能未来主义解释了一个过度关注人工智能和技术进步的社会物质环境，以至于忽视了未来的生存威胁。这样，地球现实的感知重要性就被软化了，人工智能行业描绘的不可持续的道路仍然不透明。为了论证这一论点，本文分为两个主要部分。 (1)深入探讨人工智能未来主义的意识形态及其对气候危机社会认知的话语影响。 （2）以唯物主义视角阐释人工智能产业对气候危机的切实影响，揭示人工智能未来主义表象背后到底发生了什么。本文补充了人工智能和气候危机的批判理论，开始了关于这些转变交叉带来的挑战的现实对话。