New Storm Chasing Series on Discovery

[Warren Faidley]

I posted this on social media. This looks like an AI-generated image or maybe a heavily composited image? If it is fake, then it's kind of sad they could not find a genuine image from someone they are featuring. Did not even know they were doing a new show until today.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2047432314280681864

 

[Boris Konon]

That image looks all AI-generated.

Ever notice the tornadoes are always "ragged" for the funnel? Except that's not reality, not for strong/intense tornadoes, esp. the drill bit type, which have smooth edges! I ask Google AI to "draw a tornado" and it came up w/ the same generic style w/ the ragged edges!

Also, and this is more subtle, but do we need foster the idea that chasers just randomly drive into fields/crops? That does not paint chasers in a positive light for land owners and farmers!

And as if we need another tornado series? This has been done ad nauseam for so long, you'd think just re-running all that already exists would be more than enough for the avg viewer.

And how original for a title -- "eye of the storm."

Don't get me wrong, this kind of stuff was great back in the day (90s) when storm chasing became front and center and new to the public, but now this is just mere canned "lazy" recycled content IMHO. And the content itself leaves much to be desired. These "documentaries" do sleazy/devious things. Perhaps the most egregious was some years ago, a show on mermaids (titled something like Mermaids: The New Evidence), and they showed ppl from NOAA talking about the subject and veracity. But they were not actually ppl from NOAA, but you'd never know that except for a quick line that showed up in the glaringly fast end credits! And that upset a lot, so much NOAA has to issue a statement about it.

I would keep a sharp eye out for AI-generated tornadoes and other things in wx shows/series now. Why pay chasers for actual footage when you can generate your own for no cost?

 

[Warren Faidley]

They must be following the wrong people if they cannot get a real tornado picture!