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The coming storm: How AI can help us forecast and harness the weather
Solve for X: Innovations to Change the World
aired Aug 27, 2026 · 35.0m
Signal
80.8/ 100
High signal
confidence 0.99
Orig57.5
Actn100.0
Dens100.0
Dpth100.0
Clty56.6
Summary
Last year, 38 million farmers across India received a text message with a vital piece of information.
Why listen
It goes beyond the title with direct discussion of like, know, weather, including: The monsoon rains that had been announced were a false alarm.
Key takeaways
- 01and what does it mean to know a disaster is looming if there's nowhere to run?
- 02I use this analogy that a better prediction does not build a seawall
- 03I can predict it maybe to the centimeter, but it does not build a seawall that will protect me from five centimeters of seawater
Best for
research-minded practitioners comparing model behavior