This year’s hurricane season provides a test run for the idea that machine-learning algorithms can improve weather forecasts. So far, the AI models are making good calls.
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Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/GettyThere’s an old joke: The weatherman is the only job you can be wrong 50 percent of the time and still keep your job. Meteorology has since improved a lot since that old chestnut was funny, but it still highlights a very real truth about weather prediction: It’s hard as hell.Meteorologists need to track and account for multiple different variables ranging from temperature, to humidity, to air pressure, and many more. These conditions can