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Can We Use the Algorithmic Lever for Climate Change?

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As humanity confronts the escalating climate crisis, the imperative for collective pro-planetary action has never been more urgent. Shifting individual behaviors, challenging entrenched societal norms, and fostering systemic change represent a monumental psychological undertaking. Into this arena steps artificial intelligence: a tool of frightening persuasive power, capable of subtly guiding billions toward (sub-)conscious environmental stewardship, or full-fledged denial and misinformation on steroids.

The very mechanisms enabling AI to inspire collective action also equip it to reinforce entrenched refutation, deepen ideological divides, and amplify narratives dismissing

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