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A study<\/a> published in Scientific Reports detailed 3,000 people\u2019s conversations with ChatGPT about climate change, finding that about a quarter of the individuals were more open to the idea of climate change after interacting with the AI.<\/p>\n The author of the study, Kaiping Chen, expressed that AI models tend to match users\u2019 opinions, which may or may not agree with supposed \u201cfacts,\u201d according to a report from Fast Company<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cYou want to make your user happy; otherwise, they\u2019re going to use other chatbots. They\u2019re not going to get onto your platform, right?\u201d Chen said, according to the outlet. \u201cBut if you make them happy, maybe they\u2019re not going to learn much from the conversation.\u201d<\/p>\n The study added that after analyzing \u201c20,000 dialogues with 3290 participants differing in gender, race, education, and opinion,\u201d there was \u201csubstantively worse user experience among the opinion minority groups,\u201d including \u201cclimate deniers\u201d and \u201cracists.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cGPT-3 used more negative expressions when responding to the education and opinion minority groups,\u201d the study said, offering an explanation for the poor user experience.<\/p>\n American Faith reported<\/a> that climate scientist Dr. Judith Curry offered a dissenting perspective on what has been described as the \u201coverwhelming scientific consensus\u201d on climate change.<\/p>\n Dr. Curry asserts, \u201cIt\u2019s a manufactured consensus,\u201d suggesting that many scientists might be motivated by personal gains, including \u201cfame and fortune.\u201d<\/p>\n Similarly, in a July study titled \u201cCorrupted Climate Stations: The Official U.S. Surface Temperature Record Remains Fatally Flawed<\/a>,\u201d The Heartland Institute\u00a0revealed<\/a>\u00a0that nearly 96% of U.S. temperature stations, crucial to understanding climate change patterns, do not meet the \u201cacceptable\u201d placement standards set by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).<\/p>\n The study, assembled<\/a> through satellite data and physical survey visits to NOAA stations, indicates that urbanization\u2019s localized effects have corrupted an alarming 96% of these stations.<\/p>\n Most are situated close to asphalt, machinery, and various other objects that generate, trap, or amplify heat, resulting in a heat-bias.<\/p>\n Such station placements are in violation of NOAA\u2019s\u00a0established guidelines<\/a>, thereby raising serious doubts about the strength and validity of official assertions regarding long-term climate warming trends in the U.S.<\/p>\n Anthony Watts, Senior Fellow at the Heartland Institute and the study\u2019s director, commented, \u201cWith a 96 percent warm-bias in U.S. temperature measurements, it is impossible to use any statistical methods to derive an accurate climate trend for the U.S.\u201d<\/p>\n Meanwhile, a study from Canadian and Australian researchers\u00a0published<\/a>\u00a0in the journal\u00a0Energies<\/em>\u00a0claimed that one billion people will die from climate change in the next century.<\/p>\n The study<\/a> uses the \u201c1000-ton rule,\u201d which stipulates that a \u201cfuture person is killed every time humanity burns 1000 tons of fossil carbon.\u201d<\/p>\n