Extrapolations

ex·trap·o·late

verb

extend the application of (a method or conclusion, especially one based on statistics) to an unknown situation by assuming that existing trends will continue or similar methods will be applicable. "the results cannot be extrapolated to other patient groups"

• estimate or conclude (something) by extrapolating 

"attempts to extrapolate likely human cancers from laboratory studies"

• MATHEMATICS

extend (a graph, curve, or range of values) by inferring unknown values from trends in the known data. "a set of extrapolated values"

In essence, it's but a guess as to what's going to happen as one cannot predict the future, ever. 

Example illustration of the extrapolation problem,
consisting of assigning a meaningful value at the blue box, at , given the red data points

An uneven take on the implications of GW in terms of the Extrapolations' script but one episode in the series reveals, in spades, the dire implications of geoengineering as once you do it, it cannot be undone, something contrary to the repeated experiment notion of sound science because, as Richard Feynman so famously said ... 

Watch the film as one gets a glimpse into the hellscape awaiting us as we move further into the 21st century.

As an aside, no investigation into AI is made while the earth heats up as said open-ended tech, without question, will influence how well man copes with this ongoing catastrophe of our own making.