An AI analysis shows that climate deniers increasingly use charts, data visuals, and academic design to appear trustworthy. Researchers warn that fact-checking alone can’t counter the power of these deceptive aesthetics.
An AI analysis shows that climate deniers increasingly use charts, data visuals, and academic design to appear trustworthy. Researchers warn that fact-checking alone can’t counter the power of these deceptive aesthetics.
Good observation. One of the protections from this kind of appropriation is peer review (in every sense). As the amount of information available for review has shot up, the available time of peers capable of reviewing it has not risen to compensate. Additionally, we’re developing more and more ways to compromise peer review itself. I think this is (in part) to blame for the rise of fascist elements in the world. This pressure (combined with the ratcheting up of climate change realities) has put humanity in a precarious position.