In forecasting Hurricane Isaias, meteorologists at the National Hurricane Center in Miami have shaped their predictions to closely match an AI hurricane model from Google DeepMind.
I think the point of the CNN article is that it was a Google AI product that supposedly “outperformed” traditional purpose built machine learning models… They pointed to a single example with mathematically small differences. The rest is just unquantitated AI adoring fluff quotes by Hurricane center director. The whole article seems like a promotional effort by Google
No its about traditional physics based models vs Machine Learning models (or AI). Google’s model isn’t using LLMs, but still uses deep learning models to predict the weather. Per the article:
At that point, many of the physics-based computer models, which rely on mathematical equations describing how the atmosphere works to simulate future weather conditions, were vacillating between different projections but generally forecasting a weaker storm that would take a different track than the DeepMind and other AI models were showing.
The original commentors point is valid in that we just call everything AI right now. While it’s not a terrible term for ML models, the general public largely associates AI with LLMs which is a misnomer.
They weren’t using machine learning models before. They were using physics models which just run simulations on a given set of equations, with a given set of assumptions (which are where the models all differ, those underlying assumptions).
They did not point to a single example though either. They pointed to several. The WeatherNext model has been outperforming the traditional models on everything over the past year. Consistently.
I think the point of the CNN article is that it was a Google AI product that supposedly “outperformed” traditional purpose built machine learning models… They pointed to a single example with mathematically small differences. The rest is just unquantitated AI adoring fluff quotes by Hurricane center director. The whole article seems like a promotional effort by Google
No its about traditional physics based models vs Machine Learning models (or AI). Google’s model isn’t using LLMs, but still uses deep learning models to predict the weather. Per the article:
The original commentors point is valid in that we just call everything AI right now. While it’s not a terrible term for ML models, the general public largely associates AI with LLMs which is a misnomer.
They weren’t using machine learning models before. They were using physics models which just run simulations on a given set of equations, with a given set of assumptions (which are where the models all differ, those underlying assumptions).
They did not point to a single example though either. They pointed to several. The WeatherNext model has been outperforming the traditional models on everything over the past year. Consistently.