The second Trump administration is proving to be more disastrous for the climate and the clean energy economy than many had feared. Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act repealed most of the clean energy incentives in former president Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act. This has left many in the climate and clean energy communities wondering what do we do now? This story is part of MIT Technology Review’s Heat Exchange guest opinion series, offering expert commentary on legal, political and regulatory issues related to climate change and clean energy. Should ChatGPT flatter us, at the risk of fueling delusions that can spiral out of hand?