Wednesday, November 12, 2025

On the Use of AI to Anthropomorphize the Sierra Madre, Cordillera Central, and Caraballo Mountains

"𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘈𝘐-𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘈𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦."

That's a message from Katy, a meteorologist who is one of the admins of a weather update page here in the country. 

She's right. These types of AI-generated content should not be normalized.

Content about mountain ranges and their interactions with weather disturbances should be science-based. There are tons of photos, maps, and data-based infographics out there on the Sierra Madre, Cordillera Central, and Caraballo Mountains. Why not use these instead? 

There was a study done by two scientists (Gerry Bagtasa and Bernard Alan Racoma) on the Sierra Madre and how it interacts with typhoons. These are the types of content that should be highlighted and amplified because they explain things based on actual research and data.