Eternagram: Inspiring Climate Action Through LLM-based Conversational Exploration of a Post-Devastation Climate Future

Suifang Zhou; Ray Lc

doi:10.1145/3719160.3735658

Eternagram: Inspiring Climate Action Through LLM-based Conversational Exploration of a Post-Devastation Climate Future

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Abstract

Climate action is difficult to persuade because we tend to perceive climate change as remote and disconnected from daily life. Instead of traditional informational engagements, game-based interventions can create narratives that immerse the visitor in situations where their actions have tangible consequences. To make these narratives engaging, we used a speculative scenario of an alien stumbling upon social media to obliquely address climate change through a text-based adventure game installation. Mimicking visitors’ natural dialogue in social media apps, we designed an LLM-based chatbot with knowledge of post-climate devastated world that mirrors our own planet Earth. In discovering the world’s downfall through interactive chatting and posted images, players begin to realize that their own actions can make a difference on impacts of climate change in this distant world, fostering pro-environmental attitudes. Previously published at CHI, this game installation demonstrates the potential of LLM-based creative narratives in exploring speculative worlds driving social change.
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Original language	English
Title of host publication	CUI '25
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 7th ACM Conference on Conversational User Interfaces
Editors	Jaisie Sin, Edith Law, Jim Wallace, Cosmin Munteanu, Danai Korre
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
ISBN (Print)	979-8-4007-1527-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3719160.3735658
Publication status	Published - 7 Jul 2025
Event	7th ACM Conference on Conversational User Interfaces (CUI 2025) - Waterloo, Canada Duration: 8 Jul 2025 → 10 Jul 2025 https://cui.acm.org/2025/

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Conference	7th ACM Conference on Conversational User Interfaces (CUI 2025)
Place	Canada
City	Waterloo
Period	8/07/25 → 10/07/25
Internet address	https://cui.acm.org/2025/

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SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
SDG 13 Climate Action

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Generative AI
Applied Games
Conversational Games
Climate Change
Interactive Installation

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Zhou, S., & Lc, R. (2025). Eternagram: Inspiring Climate Action Through LLM-based Conversational Exploration of a Post-Devastation Climate Future. In J. Sin, E. Law, J. Wallace, C. Munteanu, & D. Korre (Eds.), CUI '25: Proceedings of the 7th ACM Conference on Conversational User Interfaces Article 29 Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3719160.3735658

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Zhou, S & Lc, R 2025, Eternagram: Inspiring Climate Action Through LLM-based Conversational Exploration of a Post-Devastation Climate Future. in J Sin, E Law, J Wallace, C Munteanu & D Korre (eds), CUI '25: Proceedings of the 7th ACM Conference on Conversational User Interfaces., 29, Association for Computing Machinery, 7th ACM Conference on Conversational User Interfaces (CUI 2025), Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, 8/07/25. https://doi.org/10.1145/3719160.3735658

Eternagram: Inspiring Climate Action Through LLM-based Conversational Exploration of a Post-Devastation Climate Future. / Zhou, Suifang ; Lc, Ray.
CUI '25: Proceedings of the 7th ACM Conference on Conversational User Interfaces. ed. / Jaisie Sin; Edith Law; Jim Wallace; Cosmin Munteanu; Danai Korre. Association for Computing Machinery, 2025. 29.

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