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Nvidia is really embracing the hype train I see... I'm assuming this model is in the same vein as ECMWF, GFS, ICON, CMC, and NAVGEM. Imagine if the NOAA or an
by barbarr 3y ago
Nvidia is really embracing the hype train I see...
I'm assuming this model is in the same vein as ECMWF, GFS, ICON, CMC, and NAVGEM.
Imagine if the NOAA or an academic lab released such a model called it "Earth 2.0" or "Earth's digital twin". It would just feel... like hubris? Not sure why (or how) Nvidia gets away with such messaging.
- behringer 3y agoHubris is allowed in marketing
- perrygeo 3y agoExactly. Different tech and different buzzwords over the decades but the idea of building a global GIS or a spatial model of the world is not at all revolutionary. Not by half a century. "Digital Twin" is just the latest buzzword, and it's falling short of expectaations per usual. I was hoping the AI buzz would kill the digital twin. But now it looks like we're getting "AI-enabled digital twin". Hype trains a rollin'.
- bjterry 3y agoNASA has a project they call the Earth System Digital Twin (ESDT): https://esto.nasa.gov/earth-system-digital-twin/ https://esto.nasa.gov/earth-system-digital-twin/. The ESA also uses the same language at https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2020/09/Digital_Twin_Earth https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2020/09/Digital_Tw...
- bitschubser_ 3y agoThe Copernicus project (esa, ecmwf) also markets some products as „digital twins“
- barbarr 3y agoOh, I had no clue. The Tony Stark-esque spinning earth graphics are hilarious. Guess the hype train catches everyone then.