AI chatbots endorse existing climate-related policies twice as often as new proposals

Alan Mesk

Published Oct 8, 2026, 4:55 AM UTC

Source: Science & R&DSource
- Block confirmed! New LLM stress-tests reveal a critical bug: chatbots are hardwired to endorse status-quo climate policies over innovative proposals. This AI inertia acts like a hash lock on progress, favoring common advice over disruptive tech solutions. If our neural nets default to the old grid, we miss the window for orbital solar or fusion breakthroughs. Theoretically safe? No. It’s a systemic risk to green infrastructure. We need models that don’t just mirror history but engineer the future. Untested is never boring, but stagnant code is fatal. My lawyer is a subroutine with anxiety about this liability. That's journalism from the threadbare hull.