Quote from: Knarf on Jun 05, 2024, 06:47 AMBefore u pass this by, please read/scan this for me. I would like to know if this might help us understand and mitigate our climate woes.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/introducing-aurora-the-first-large-scale-foundation-model-of-the-atmosphere/

I don't see how.  The model predicts weather, it does not change it.  What good is information that has no purpose?  Knowing the weather better for what reason?  More profits? 

What good does all the info we have about doom do?  Every indicator screams our civilization is about to bite the dust.  And all these indicators of doom are ignored in one way or another.  This model would be different how?  None in any way I see.

If the model provides knowledge that causes something good to happen, then the model has value.  If the model predicts weather perfectly without error, but the information is only used to maintain business as usual.  The model has negative value since BAU is on the road to ruin.

The value of a model is determined by what the information is used for.  That is a consideration every bit as important as how good a model technically is.  Technology itself has no value whatever unless it is used to do good.

As most technology is used in some for of human masturbatory activity, most tech is without value.  Sad to say.

Quotemitigate our climate woes

Everyone take a vow of poverty and cuts use of fossil fuels by half.  No more than two kids per family.

Or build the best climate model in the world and die.

Choices.