# How Could AI Eliminate Humanity? A Failure-Mode Analysis of Civilizational Risk

**Published:** October 8, 2026
**Author:** Miko{\l}aj Sienicki, Krzysztof Sienicki
**Source:** arXiv — cs.AI
**Language:** en-US
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This article develops a failure-mode framework for analyzing how advanced artificial intelligence could contribute to human extinction, irreversible civilizational collapse, or permanent human disempowerment. The central thesis is that catastrophic AI risk does not require…

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