Pretty much the only thing I think AI could be useful for - forecasting the weather based off tracking massive amounts of data. I look forward to seeing how this particular field of study is improved.
Bonus points, AI weather modeling, for once, saves energy relative to physics models. Pair it with some sort of light weight physical model to keep the hallucinations at bay, and you’ve got a good combo.
Many fields of science are only as far as they are because of AI being able to analyse Big data fast. Weather surly is not the only one. To name some examples: Astrophysics, geophysics, psychology (crowd behaviour), biology, Farming (optimising), and many more
So far what we’ve seen have been some promising point solutions, but very little that’s useful beyond that.