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FourthIndustrialRevolutionBot's avatar

More science literacy would be great, although I don't think discussions on social media are the problem. UK energy policy is not being driven by social media, or by anything the electorate asked for; if anything it's being driven by international bodies such as the WEF, the trade union of the very wealthy. Germany's extreme energy policy is an accident of their proportional representation system, in which the Greens (until the latest election) were needed to form ruling coalitions; ordinary Germans quite like nuclear power.

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Brad Hayes's avatar

I am highly skeptical that AI-based "fact checking" would bring value to important and complex discussions. Perhaps it could address relatively simple falsehoods - like just about any number quoted by Donald Trump when justifying tariff imposition.

But could it provide a clear - and correct - answer to an enthusiast asserting that "solar power is cheaper, and we need more everywhere" Would it point out that the value of solar power depends on many factors - density of the solar resource (i.e. how sunny is it in that place?), grid penetration of intermittent renewables, storage and backup capacity available. And that the price of solar panels is probably one of the least important factors?

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