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Re:How Climate Scenarios Lost Touch with Reality by cebert on Saturday March 11, 2023 @03:10PM (#35112156)
> This is waaaaaaaaay too many words…

I agree, so I used ChatGPT to summarize this for us:

In the article "Climate Change Scenarios Have Lost Touch with Reality," written by Roger Pielke Jr. and Justin Ritchie and published in Issues in Science and Technology, the authors argue that the climate change scenarios used by policymakers and scientists have become disconnected from empirical reality. They suggest that this has led to an overreliance on untested and unrealistic assumptions, which in turn undermines the credibility of climate change projections and makes it more difficult to develop effective policies.

The authors note that climate change projections are typically based on a set of assumptions about future greenhouse gas emissions, which are then used to generate a range of potential climate outcomes. However, these assumptions often fail to account for a range of important factors, such as economic growth, technological innovation, and changes in land use patterns, which can have a significant impact on emissions and climate outcomes.

Pielke and Ritchie argue that policymakers and scientists need to take a more pragmatic and evidence-based approach to climate change projections, one that is grounded in real-world data and incorporates a wider range of factors. They suggest that this could involve developing more diverse and flexible scenarios that are better able to capture the complexity and uncertainty of the real world.

Overall, the authors stress the importance of ensuring that climate change policies are based on realistic and evidence-based projections, rather than relying on overly simplistic or unrealistic assumptions. They argue that this will require a fundamental rethinking of the way that climate change scenarios are developed and used, and a greater emphasis on collaboration and dialogue between policymakers, scientists, and other stakeholders.

Re:How Climate Scenarios Lost Touch with Reality by anigbrowl on Saturday March 11, 2023 @03:19PM (#35112252)
Please don't. Anyone on HN who wants a ChatGPT summary can make one themselves; when I read a person's post I want to know what that person has to say about a topic, not what they can produce with a machine. It's the same reason we don't need comments along the lines of 'I used a spell checker to identify the typos in your comment' or consisting of tables generated in MS Excel.
Re:How Climate Scenarios Lost Touch with Reality by numinary1 on Saturday March 11, 2023 @03:33PM (#35112408)
Still upset about Wikipedia too?
Re:How Climate Scenarios Lost Touch with Reality by wizzwizz4 on Saturday March 11, 2023 @03:43PM (#35112497)
Wikipedia is authored and curated by people who, by and large, know what they're talking about. When they make things up, it's verified and corrected by other people, usually within the decade.
Re:How Climate Scenarios Lost Touch with Reality by krainboltgreene on Saturday March 11, 2023 @03:12PM (#35112173)
Kind of a waste, since I can't verify if this actually is a summary with confidence.
Re:How Climate Scenarios Lost Touch with Reality by cebert on Saturday March 11, 2023 @03:17PM (#35112225)
Summarization is one the areas ChatGPT is most reliable. I’ve been using it frequently for research and work and antidotally found it to be quite reliable and helpful.
Re:How Climate Scenarios Lost Touch with Reality by arrosenberg on Saturday March 11, 2023 @03:29PM (#35112366)
I'm glad you are no longer feeling poisoned!
Re:How Climate Scenarios Lost Touch with Reality by AstixAndBelix on Saturday March 11, 2023 @03:14PM (#35112195)
And you can with GP? GPT is incredibly good at summarizing, it doesn't make stuff up in those cases
Re:How Climate Scenarios Lost Touch with Reality by Retric on Saturday March 11, 2023 @03:22PM (#35112275)
Any idea how that works with its token limit?
Re:How Climate Scenarios Lost Touch with Reality by tunesmith on Saturday March 11, 2023 @03:22PM (#35112281)
That summary doesn't cover whether the writers think the baseline scenarios are too rosy or too dire.
Re:How Climate Scenarios Lost Touch with Reality by protastus on Saturday March 11, 2023 @03:17PM (#35112229)
The article is so generic and abstract that even the summary is verbose.