I'm behind on reading since becoming an academic parent/Science Twitter tanked but I wonder if this is where AI/ML can be useful and who is doing that work?

A deeply insightful ecologist and naturalist (working for NPS mind you) once noted to me that the cumulative indirect effects of climate change greatly outweigh the (more easily measured) direct effects.

Ps many of the direct effects too are not all that easy to measure!

For comparison- Kuaihelani (Midway Is):

www.ndbc.noaa.gov

As I've retreated back into analog world in this time of surveillance, my students are increasingly reliant on AI and I'm too feeling the pressure and pull to do more with less time and resources.
The irony of my increased carbon footprint and capital towards tech isn't lost on me...

As much as ideology and ignorance (of a really complex system!) has gotten us into this mess, moral superiority of educated elite haven't helped, IMO.

So I hope Dems, as angry as they/we are, can exercise openness and compassion to those that may be waking up right now.

One thing I'm hoping we can avoid in this moment is the toxic "I told you so" self righteousness of the left and our class privilege.

I agree with some folks here about leveraging this moment to be effective and build new understanding of we are really all in this together.