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[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

There is the standard AI hate, my comment isn't about that.

I think AI has an actual place in weather - but in the prediction of weather. AI models using info and patterns we can't see on top of modern meteorology is amazing and I'm happy to see that happening.

This, this is just idiotic corporate pushes of "Put more AI in things". I don't need it to drain my battery to summarize the weather. I can see a forecast for the day and know what it means, I've been doing that for decades now. It's more performative for investors than useful for me.

[–] TheWhetherMan@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

I agree, I was super excited about the probalistic opportunity for AI to help us unlock portions of meteorology that are still unknown to us, such as tornadogenesis and long range weather forecasting. The funny thing is there is definite opportunity to improve most weather apps, since % chance of rain doesn't tell the person anything about precipitation on a given day. What type of precipitation? How long? Will it be intense and short, or light but long-lasting? This one such bridge could vastly improve how people are able to understand a typically truncated weather forecast, but it still needs intent, which this implementation lacks

[–] cron@feddit.org 13 points 3 days ago (2 children)

AI Weather Reports feel like nothing more than a basic summary of the exact data you can grok just by looking at the daily or hourly forecasts underneath. While you’ll occasionally get tips that extend outside a standard forecasting toolset, they usually amount to suggestions like “bring an umbrella” on a rainy day.

Well this is pretty underwhelming. I also don't see much value for on-device AI on public data like the weather.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 7 points 3 days ago

They are just shoving it where they can for marketing purposes

[–] Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

My weather app/widget already does those recommendations.

I am pretty sure this was true even before the transformer model was invented.

[–] etherphon@piefed.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

People are going to be so stupid in 10 years. Well, stupider.

[–] EarMaster@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

The same way as most people don't know how to start a fire nowadays. Why should everybody need to know how to read and interpret a weather report?