The weather and climate science AI revolution isn’t revolutionary
So hot right now
Machine learning has its limits—how is it being used?
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It feels like there’s no escaping AI right now, whether you’re trying to type a sentence without being interrupted by a digital “assistant” or struggling to find a new refrigerator that doesn’t require a Wi-Fi connection for some reason. You’d be forgiven for wondering if we’re in the midst of a quantum leap in tech or whether people are just hyping up a heap of slop.
So what should we make of the growing use of AI in weather and climate modeling?
The conversation didn’t get off to a great start earlier this year when a National Weather Service office posted a forecast map featuring nonexistent citiesin Idaho with names like “Whata Bod” and “Orangeotild.” Thankfully, that was just an AI-generated image produced for social media, not the actual forecast...
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