Applications of generative artificial intelligence to influence climate change decisions

Climate change decision making is complex and subject to attempted influence from actors with diverse agendas. Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) technologies are emerging as new tools in influencing public discourses and decisions, which will increasingly be applied to climate change issues...

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Main Authors: Daniel Richards, David Worden
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-12-01
Series:npj Climate Action
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s44168-024-00202-5
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description Climate change decision making is complex and subject to attempted influence from actors with diverse agendas. Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) technologies are emerging as new tools in influencing public discourses and decisions, which will increasingly be applied to climate change issues. We define a typology of influence of climate decisions by GenAI, present example cases, and highlight urgent research needs in this field.
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