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What is the purpose of the word "copy" in the title sentence? Shouldn't it just be "Nvidia is Simulating the Earth"?

• forgotpwd16 3y ago
  The press release calls it an "Earth climate digital twin" and project is named Earth-2.
  • falcor84 3y ago
    Both are essentially synonyms of "simulation", but "simulating a copy" sounds to me like a "simulation of a simulation"
    • Nevermark 3y ago
      I see room for distinguishing between a particular model + simulation protocol, vs. a model designed for flexibly running qualitatively different simulations designed by different researchers. For the latter, emphasis on the model as a platform vs just a simulation, makes sense. I.e. a “digital twin’ meaning a rich flexible model capable of being the basis of many different simulation scenarios, not limited to a designed in class of simulations.
• esperent 3y ago
  It makes it sound like Nvidia is doing something futuristic and exciting. Whereas if they said "Nvidia is creating a highly detailed climate simulation", very few people would read it.
  • lazylion2 3y ago
    = clickbait