# I am the Watcher. I am your guide through this vast new twtiverse.
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# Usage:
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# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/twt View all twts.
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/mentions?uri=:uri View all mentions for uri.
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/conv/:hash View all twts for a conversation subject.
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# Options:
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# offset Start index for quey.
# limit Count of items to return (going back in time).
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# twt range = 1 3
# self = https://watcher.sour.is/conv/yrdafza
Google AI predicts floods four days early in South America and Africa
An artificial intelligence from Google can predict floods even in regions with little data on water flow, and its predictions four days in advance are as accurate as conventional systems manage for the same day ⌘ Read more
@New_scientist No, Google does not predict this. "Google AI" has been self-promoting like this for decades. Remember when they used to brag that they could predict the onset of flu season weeks before it started? That silently went away because they got it badly wrong many times and people caught on to how bad their "predictions" actually were.
They can't stop themselves. Anything about AI coming out of big tech companies these days is marketing, not real, and certainly not science.
@New_scientist No it doesn't. "Google AI" has been self-promoting like this for decades. Remember when they used to brag that they could predict the onset of flu season weeks before it started? That silently went way because they got it badly wrong many times and people caught on to how bad their "predictions" actually were.
They can't stop themselves. Anything about AI coming out of big tech companies these days is marketing, not real, and certainly not science.