It might not come as much of a shocker, but a couple of researchers last year claimed a strong correlation between raw compute and predictive power in various fields/domains, including weather forecasting: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2206.14007.pdf#page=10 (page 10 specifically has graphs on Weather Forecasting vs. Compute).
In their study they claimed a strong correlation in these fields (vs. compute):
* Weather Forecasting
* Protein Folding
* Oil Exploration (at BP)
* Chess
* Go
... The latter 2 being games, which I personally do not find surprising. But I do find it inspiring that we can "just" calculate our way out of some important issues. That hopefully translates well to other fields.
In their study they claimed a strong correlation in these fields (vs. compute):
* Weather Forecasting
* Protein Folding
* Oil Exploration (at BP)
* Chess
* Go
... The latter 2 being games, which I personally do not find surprising. But I do find it inspiring that we can "just" calculate our way out of some important issues. That hopefully translates well to other fields.