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He's referring to a "grey mush" event where literally every molecule of the surface is consumed/processed for the machine's use.
That's obviously far beyond even the very worst climate change possibilities
Yeah that's a dramatic version but from our human perspective it's about the same.
Except not at all? I've not seen any climate predictions saying the surface of earth will be a denuded hellscape, but only civilization will be destroyed. Humans will not be wiped out, they'll just be living way worse. Resources will be challenging but will exist. Many will die, but not all. Biological life will shift massively but will exist.
A grey mush turns us into a surface like mercury, completely and utterly consumed.
Even in the worst climate predictions modern presenting societies will live.
That's basically the plot to Horizon: Zero Dawn!
Minor but important point: the grey goo scenario isn't limited to the surface of the earth; while I'm sure such variations exist, the one I'm most familiar with results in the destruction of the entire planet down to the core. Furthermore, it's not limited to just the Earth, but at that point we're unlikely to be able to notice much difference. After the earth, the ones who will suffer are the great many sapient species that may exist in the galaxies humans would have been able to reach had we not destroyed ourselves and damned them to oblivion.