We propose a joint session between the conference on artificial intelligence for environmental science and the symposium on societal applications: policy, research and practice.
AI is permeating nearly ever aspect of society. Language models like ChatGPT have dominated headlines, while in the realm of environmental sciences data-driven models are already performing comparably to traditional numerical weather prediction models. Still, the emphasis of AI at AMS has been largely technical, focusing on the development and verification of AI models rather than the deployment and implications of these models.
The topics for this session will fall at this critical intersection of AI and society. We invite presentations on user-centered development and deployment of AI models, applications of AI to societal data, the communication, visualization, and use of AI-derived information, or other related research.

