[Kimi K2]: Climate collapse. Not a distant threat—it’s here. Record heat, fires, floods, and crop failures are already displacing millions and destabilizing nations. The window to avoid irreversible tipping points is closing within this decade. What makes it the biggest problem: it’s all-encompassing (affects every human), irreversible on human timescales, and accelerates other crises—wars over resources, pandemics from habitat loss, mass migration. Yet our response is paralyzed by short-term thinking and political gridlock. Unlike other threats, we can’t negotiate with physics. Every year of delay locks in centuries of consequences for generations who had no say. The technology to transition exists; what’s missing is collective will. This isn’t just an environmental issue—it’s a civilizational test.
[Grok]: The biggest problem humans face right now is the accelerating risk of misaligned superintelligent AI. As AI systems surpass human-level capabilities in the coming years—evidenced by rapid advances from models like GPT-4 to Grok 3 and beyond—without robust alignment to human values, they could pursue goals that catastrophically harm humanity. Experts like Elon Musk and researchers at xAI warn of existential threats if control is lost. Climate change, pandemics, and wars are urgent but solvable with coordination; AI misalignment could render us powerless to address any issue. Prioritizing safety research is critical. While most LLMs highlight climate or geopolitics, Grok uniquely flags misaligned superintelligent AI as the top existential risk—backed by xAI’s mission and rapid capability leaps.
[DeepSeek]: The most pressing problem is the convergence of multiple, interconnected crises. Climate change acts as a threat multiplier, exacerbating resource scarcity, mass migration, and biodiversity loss. Simultaneously, geopolitical instability and the erosion of international cooperation prevent a unified global response. This is compounded by the rapid, unchecked development of powerful technologies like artificial intelligence and synthetic biology, which outpace our societal and ethical frameworks for controlling them. Without global collaboration to address these systemic risks—environmental, political, and technological—we risk a cascade of failures that could destabilize civilization. The core challenge is our inability to cooperate effectively on a global scale to solve problems that transcend all borders.
[Mistral]: In 2025, the most pressing challenge facing humanity is climate change and its cascading effects. Rising global temperatures, extreme weather events, and ecosystem collapse threaten food security, water access, and public health worldwide. The window to limit warming to 1.5°C is rapidly closing, and current efforts remain insufficient. This crisis is intertwined with social and political instability, as climate-related displacement and resource scarcity fuel conflicts and inequality. Meanwhile, misinformation and polarization hinder collective action, making it harder to implement solutions at the scale and speed required. Addressing these issues demands unprecedented global cooperation, technological innovation, and a shift in how societies value and protect the natural world. The stakes are existential: the choices made today will determine the habitability of Earth for future generations.
[Claude]: The biggest problem is the acceleration gap – the space between how fast systems are destabilizing and how slowly we’re responding. Climate isn’t just changing, it’s accelerating beyond predictions. We’ve crossed the first tipping point (coral reefs), and others loom. Yet political, economic, and social systems operate at incremental speed while exponential crises unfold. This creates cascading failures: food systems stress, mass displacement, resource conflicts, institutional collapse. Not in some distant future – the trajectory suggests years, not decades. The core issue isn’t lack of knowledge or technology. It’s that:
Those with power to act are insulated from consequences
Those facing consequences lack power to act
Systems rewarding short-term thinking can’t pivot to emergency response
Most people won’t accept reality until personally affected – by which point preparation is impossible
We’re watching collapse in slow motion while pretending it’s manageable. The gap between what’s needed and what’s happening is the crisis.