Issued at 0900 UTC SUN SEP 15 2024
Category: Science
Tropical Depression Ileana Public Advisory
…ILEANA WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION… …FORECAST TO BECOME A REMNANT LOW LATER THIS MORNING…
As of 2:00 AM MST Sun Sep 15
the center of Ileana was located near 25.5, -109.3
with movement WNW at 2 mph.
The minimum central pressure was 1006 mb
with maximum sustained winds of about 35 mph.
Tropical Depression Ileana Forecast Advisory
Issued at 0900 UTC SUN SEP 15 2024
376 WTPZ24 KNHC 150843 TCMEP4 TROPICAL DEPRESSION ILEANA FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER 12 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP092024 0900 UTC SUN SEP 15 2024 TROPICAL DEPRESSION CENTER LOCATED NEAR 25.5N 109.3W AT 15/0900Z POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 20 NM PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST OR 300 DEGREES AT 2 KT ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 1006 MB MAX SUSTAINED WINDS 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT. WINDS AND SEAS VARY GREATLY IN EACH QUADRANT. RADII IN NAUTICAL MILES ARE THE LARGEST RADII EXPECTED ANYWHERE IN THAT QUADRANT. REPEAT...CENTER LOCATED NEAR 25.5N 109.3W AT 15/0900Z AT 15/0600Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 25.4N 109.3W FORECAST VALID 15/1800Z 25.8N 109.8W...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW MAX WIND 25 KT...GUSTS 35 KT. FORECAST VALID 16/0600Z 26.5N 110.4W...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW MAX WIND 20 KT...GUSTS 30 KT. FORECAST VALID 16/1800Z...DISSIPATED REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 25.5N 109.3W NEXT ADVISORY AT 15/1500Z $$ FORECASTER BERG
TROPICAL STORM GORDON
Tropical Storm Gordon Forecast Discussion
Issued at 500 AM AST Sun Sep 15 2024
Tropical Storm Gordon Public Advisory
…GORDON BARELY A TROPICAL STORM…
As of 5:00 AM AST Sun Sep 15
the center of Gordon was located near 19.6, -44.8
with movement WSW at 10 mph.
The minimum central pressure was 1006 mb
with maximum sustained winds of about 40 mph.
Tropical Storm Gordon Wind Speed Probabilities
Issued at 0900 UTC SUN SEP 15 2024
Tropical Storm Ileana Public Advisory
…ILEANA WEAKENING WHILE MEANDERING JUST OFFSHORE NORTHERN SINALOA…
As of 11:00 PM MST Sat Sep 14
the center of Ileana was located near 25.4, -109.2
with movement WNW at 2 mph.
The minimum central pressure was 1004 mb
with maximum sustained winds of about 40 mph.
Taylor Swift Endorsing Kamala Harris Backfires as Poll Shows More Voters ‘Much More Likely’ to Vote Trump Over Harris
A new poll shows that pop star Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Kamala Harris for president may not have moved the needle in the candidate’s favor, and, in fact, may have backfired.
The post Taylor Swift Endorsing Kamala Harris Backfires as Poll Shows More Voters ‘Much More Likely’ to Vote Trump Over Harris appeared first on Breitbart.
Are New-World-Order Elites Plotting To Use AI To ‘Deprogram’ So-Called Conspiracy Theorists?
Are New-World-Order Elites Plotting To Use AI To ‘Deprogram’ So-Called Conspiracy Theorists?
Authored by Jacob Burns via HeadlineUSA.com,
Might the New World Order use biased, pre-manipulated artificial intelligence programs to try to “deprogram” those with unpopular opinions by persuading them that their logic does not compute?
A recent study on that subject underwritten by the John Templeton Foundation might give so-called conspiracy theorists one more thing to be paranoid about, according to Popular Science.
Critics have already sounded the alarm that leftist radicals in Silicon Valley and elsewhere were manipulating the algorithms used to train AI so that it automatically defaulted to anti-conservative biases.
The next step may be programming any verboten viewpoints into the realm of “conspiracy theory,” then having powerful computers challenge human users to a battle of logic that inevitably is stacked against them with cherrypicked data.
The study, titled “Durably reducing conspiracy beliefs through dialogues with AI,” attempted to counter the common view that some people will not change their minds, even when presented with facts and evidence.
Addressing the problem of “widespread belief in unsubstantiated conspiracy theories,” researchers postulated that conspiracy theories can, contrary to the scientific narrative, be countered by way of systematic fact-checking.
Among those theories tested were more traditional conspiracies such as those involving the assassination of John F. Kennedy or the possibility of alien landings that were known to the United States government.
But others included more immediately politicized claims, such as the lawfulness of COVID lockdowns or the validity of the 2020 presidential election, both of which are a “major source of public concern.”
The study was conducted by having conspiratorial participants engage in brief conversations with AI, with the aim of “curing” the participants of their ostensibly false opinions.
Researchers concluded that “the treatment reduced participants’ belief in their chosen conspiracy theory by 20% on average,” suggesting that “treating” people with certain facts can indeed alter their opinions, particularly when those facts come from AI bots.
The “treatment” received also reportedly “persisted undiminshed for at least 2 months,” meaning that such conditioning could eventuate in regular treatment for those deemed conspiracy theorists.
Ultimately, then, AI conditioning was determined to be a potentially useful tool in addressing the “psychological needs and motivations” of such people. Researchers speculated that the technology could be implemented online in the coming years, particularly in online forums or on social media.
David Rand, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who co-authored the study, told reporters that he was optimistic about the future of AI conditioning.
“This is really exciting,” he said. “It seemed like it worked and it worked quite broadly.”
Tyler Durden
Sat, 09/14/2024 – 23:20