{"id":448575,"date":"2026-06-04T12:01:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T19:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=448575"},"modified":"2026-06-04T12:01:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T19:01:21","slug":"where-ai-is-the-tool-humans-are-the-variable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=448575","title":{"rendered":"Where AI is the Tool, Humans are the Variable"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"482\" data-attachment-id=\"447233\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=447233\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Copilot-Pope-Leos-First-Encyclical-is-a-Warning-about-Artificial-Intelligence-1.png?fit=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1536,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Copilot Pope Leo\u2019s First Encyclical is a Warning about Artificial Intelligence-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Copilot-Pope-Leos-First-Encyclical-is-a-Warning-about-Artificial-Intelligence-1.png?fit=723%2C482&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Copilot-Pope-Leos-First-Encyclical-is-a-Warning-about-Artificial-Intelligence-1.png?resize=723%2C482&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-447233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Copilot-Pope-Leos-First-Encyclical-is-a-Warning-about-Artificial-Intelligence-1.png?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Copilot-Pope-Leos-First-Encyclical-is-a-Warning-about-Artificial-Intelligence-1.png?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Copilot-Pope-Leos-First-Encyclical-is-a-Warning-about-Artificial-Intelligence-1.png?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Copilot-Pope-Leos-First-Encyclical-is-a-Warning-about-Artificial-Intelligence-1.png?resize=640%2C427&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Copilot-Pope-Leos-First-Encyclical-is-a-Warning-about-Artificial-Intelligence-1.png?resize=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Copilot-Pope-Leos-First-Encyclical-is-a-Warning-about-Artificial-Intelligence-1.png?w=1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Copilot-Pope-Leos-First-Encyclical-is-a-Warning-about-Artificial-Intelligence-1.png?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/wattsupwiththat.com\/2026\/06\/02\/where-ai-is-the-tool-humans-are-the-variable\/\">Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/legalinsurrection.com\/2026\/06\/where-ai-is-the-tool-humans-are-the-variable\/\">From Legal Insurrection<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>The week at AI: a $500 Million mistake, use in American war games, and the focus of Pope Leo XIV\u2019s first encyclical, \u201cMagnifica Humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence\u201d.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Posted by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/legalinsurrection.com\/author\/leslieeastman\/\">Leslie Eastman<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"450\" data-attachment-id=\"448577\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=448577\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-63.png?fit=640%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,450\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-63.png?fit=640%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-63.png?resize=640%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-448577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-63.png?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-63.png?resize=300%2C211&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Artificial intelligence is no longer a futuristic novelty; it has become the engine quietly, chaotically, and rapidly rewiring our institutions and economies, and even shaping concepts of human dignity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There have been some fascinating developments related to Artificial Intelligence (AI) this week that underscore some intriguing developments related to this new technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An AI consultant reported that one of their enterprise clients accidentally racked up a staggering $500 million bill in a single month on Anthropic\u2019s Claude after failing to implement&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/techstartups.com\/2026\/05\/28\/company-accidentally-spent-500-million-on-claude-ai-in-one-month-after-forgetting-usage-limits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spending caps or usage controls for employees<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yes, half a billion dollars. In 30 days. On AI usage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The story sounds almost absurd at first glance. Then you look closer at what\u2019s happening inside large companies right now, and it starts to feel less like a freak accident and more like an early warning sign for the enterprise AI boom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEnterprise AI budgets are now generating their own crisis. One consultant\u2019s client burned $500 million in a single month after failing to implement any usage controls on employee AI licenses. Microsoft\u2019s cancellation of most internal Claude Code licenses is the marquee data point, but the broader pattern is systemic across enterprises,\u201d AI Weekly reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The spending explosion reportedly came from unrestricted use of Claude across teams. Developers running long coding sessions, AI agents executing chained workflows, and employees repeatedly generating large-context prompts can consume enormous amounts of tokens in surprisingly little time.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NEW: AI consultant reveals a client accidentally spent $500,000,000.00 in a single month after failing to set employee limits on Claude usage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014 Polymarket (@Polymarket)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Polymarket\/status\/2060034216906068131?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. Army&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/ai-warfare-cbs-news-sees-us-military-exercise-robots-artificial-intelligence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recently used the war games<\/a>&nbsp;held in Morocco to test an array of artificial-intelligence-powered systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">African Lion was the largest U.S.-led military exercise in Africa, carried out along with 30 partner nations to rehearse for the future of warfare. Increasingly, that future belongs to AI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alongside the military forces, more than a dozen private defense contractors showcased products and got feedback directly from soldiers as they vie for roles \u2014 and contracts \u2014 to help modernize the U.S. military.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the soldiers practiced traditional battlefield tactics, a robot rolled silently across the Moroccan desert with a machine gun mounted on its roof. Drones lifted into the sky nearby carrying explosives, and another prototype quadcopter carried a nine-millimeter rifle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the main applications of AI on display during the exercise was an effort to shorten the \u201ckill chain\u201d \u2014 the series of actions required to use lethal force, from the identification of a target to the moment a trigger is pulled.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. military conducted exercises in the Moroccan desert to explore the future of warfare, and artificial intelligence took center stage. CBS News\u2019&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SayChrisLive?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@SayChrisLive<\/a>&nbsp;saw the Army use AI tools to help zero in on targets, and a robot leading forces into a mock battle.\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014 CBS News (@CBSNews)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CBSNews\/status\/2060428436049453544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In contrast, Pope Leo XIV\u2019s first encyclical, \u201cMagnifica Humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence\u201d, was released this week, marking a historic moment for the first American pontiff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Friends, I\u2019m delighted to share that Word on Fire is publishing \u201cMagnifica Humanitas,\u201d the historic first encyclical of Pope Leo XIV\u2019s papacy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While many are quick to call it the \u2018AI Encyclical,\u2019 Pope Leo\u2019s focus is much broader, highlighting how truth, knowledge, and work are\u2026&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/awUQFxCCTw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/awUQFxCCTw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014 Bishop Robert Barron (@BishopBarron)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BishopBarron\/status\/2060039160530973178?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the encyclical, Pope Leo contends that while AI holds immense promise, it also&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/legalinsurrection.com\/2025\/03\/the-cult-of-artificial-intelligence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">poses a serious risk to our humanity<\/a>. Pope Leo says we are most deeply human when we recognize every person\u2019s God\u2011given dignity and use AI to serve love, justice, and the common good, rather than seeking to reduce people to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/leo-xiv\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/20260515-magnifica-humanitas.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">data and efficiency points<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is important to ensure that this growth in appreciation of human dignity is not obscured by the pressure of new ideologies or very powerful interests in today\u2019s world. Among these ideologies, I consider particularly insidious the one that suggests that every person must earn or justify his or her own worth, to the point of attributing greater value to those who are more efficient or effective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From this perspective, persons end up being reduced to a means of achieving results, a resource to be used and exploited, and are no longer recognized as a proper end in themselves who should never be instrumentalized. The value of persons, however, does not depend on what they achieve or produce. There are rights that apply to everyone simply by virtue of being human, and no human power can legitimately deny or arbitrarily limit them.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Artificial intelligence is proving, in real time, that it is neither savior nor villain but an amplifier of human judgment, be that judgment good, bad, or catastrophically expensive. In other words, where AI is the tool, humans are the variable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A half-billion-dollar \u201coops\u201d from unmanaged enterprise use is not a tech failure; it is a governance failure and the predictable outcome of removing controls from a high-energy system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, the U.S. military\u2019s accelerating integration of AI into the kill chain underscores that efficiency gains in decision-making can carry profound moral weight when measured in human lives and national security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finally, Pope Leo XIV offers a much-needed reminder that utility is not the same as worth, a principle modern institutions seem increasingly willing to forget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Looking at this week\u2019s developments, it is clear that AI is a tool, and, like any powerful tool, it demands discipline, guardrails, and an unambiguous commitment to protecting humans to use it safely and successfully.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The week at AI: a $500 Million mistake, use in American war games, and the focus of Pope Leo XIV\u2019s first encyclical, \u201cMagnifica Humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":447233,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691823433,691843506,691821105,691836540,691843507],"class_list":["post-448575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-ai-artificial-intelligence-2","tag-magnifica-humanitas","tag-national-security","tag-pope-leo-xiv","tag-u-s-military","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Copilot-Pope-Leos-First-Encyclical-is-a-Warning-about-Artificial-Intelligence-1.png?fit=1536%2C1024&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1SH5","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":447231,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=447231","url_meta":{"origin":448575,"position":0},"title":"Pope Leo\u2019s First Encyclical is a Warning about Artificial Intelligence","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"05\/29\/2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Has the Climate Crisis been downgraded in the wake of the RCP 8.5 cancellation?","rel":"","context":"In \"AI (artificial intelligence)\"","block_context":{"text":"AI (artificial intelligence)","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=ai-artificial-intelligence-2"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Copilot-Pope-Leos-First-Encyclical-is-a-Warning-about-Artificial-Intelligence-1.png?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Copilot-Pope-Leos-First-Encyclical-is-a-Warning-about-Artificial-Intelligence-1.png?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Copilot-Pope-Leos-First-Encyclical-is-a-Warning-about-Artificial-Intelligence-1.png?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Copilot-Pope-Leos-First-Encyclical-is-a-Warning-about-Artificial-Intelligence-1.png?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Copilot-Pope-Leos-First-Encyclical-is-a-Warning-about-Artificial-Intelligence-1.png?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":448845,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=448845","url_meta":{"origin":448575,"position":1},"title":"Oh No, We\u2019re All Dead \u2013 According to a 2016 Climate Mass Extinction Prediction","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"06\/06\/2026","format":false,"excerpt":"We're all supposed to be dead right now. 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