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Oct 7, 2026
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Eight ways to feed ourselves if rogue AI destroys modern agriculture
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Without nitrogen resupply, cereal yields would fall roughly 30 to 50 per cent from depleted soils.
Crops used to make alcohol in the United States could feed 425 million people every year if we just ate them.
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If a cyberattack shut down the electricity grid, we would need to eat animal feed and biofuel crops, ban alcohol production, cut food waste and fish from sail boats. (Unsplash)
Eight ways to feed ourselves if rogue AI destroys modern agriculture
Published: October 7, 2026 1.30pm EDT
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The capacity of rogue AI agents to destroy our species within the next decade has recently been a hot topic of debate. Fears have been voiced within the industry about the rapidly increasing capabilities of artificial intelligence.…
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