Forget asteroids, zombie plagues, or that one weird cousin who swears the Mayans were onto something—experts now agree humanity’s exit interview will be 100 % DIY. Option A: nuclear war, where nine countries play “who blinks first” with enough megatons to turn Earth into a cosmic microwave dinner. Option B: AI, because teaching machines to outsmart us is apparently cheaper than therapy for our collective control issues. Climate change is the slow clap, but Oppenheimer’s grandkids and Skynet’s interns are the headliners. Spoiler: no aliens, no rapture, just us speed-running extinction like it’s a Black Friday sale on civilization.

Experts reveal bleak reality of how humanity will really end