NBC10 Boston’s Pete “almost as big as me” Bouchard is receiving loads of consideration for an additional remark.
Bouchard, after the NASA astronauts who had been caught in house for 9 months lastly returned to Earth, stated the SpaceX splashdown had “strong hints of AI enhancement.”
The chief meteorologist at NBC10 rapidly confronted criticism from on-line followers, and he deleted his submit that questioned the dolphins abruptly surfacing.
Then he put out a brand new Fb submit Tuesday night time concerning the splashdown involving Elon Musk’s firm.
“I’m no conspiracy theorist, but that splashdown today had strong hints of AI enhancement in the drone footage,” Bouchard posted. “Lighting looked cinematic. Was it the camera?”
“This doesn’t take anything away from the brave astronauts or remarkable scientists involved in returning a capsule from space,” he added. “It’s a remarkable feat and a heroic moment for our country.”
Bouchard later up to date his submit for clarification.
“My original post was simply commenting on how visually appealing and perfect the landing looked using the drone,” he wrote. “I was curious about the technology and the camera the crew used to capture the scene.”
His Bluesky submit nonetheless included a point out concerning the dolphins.
“I know I won’t feed the conspiracy theorists on this platform, but that splashdown today had strong hints of AI enhancement,” he posted on Bluesky. “And the pod of dolphins that just happened to surface?”
“Totally realistic at reentry, then when they cut to the drone footage at sea level when the parachutes deployed, the lighting looked off,” he added. “Maybe the camera settings?”
Bouchard, who has greater than 11,000 followers on Fb, was slammed on-line for his submit.
” ‘I’m no conspiracy theorist’ however I’ve a conspiracy principle,” somebody posted. “You can’t make this up.”
“Did you see it live? Dolphins were very real!!!” one other person wrote. “Go watch it again and all of it. No AI at all.”
Bouchard then admitted that the dolphins “could be real, but there’s no denying the parachutes and capsule have a cinematic look to them. (Compared to the footage at the very beginning of reentry.) Maybe it’s the camera on the drone?”
He reiterated that the splashdown positively occurred, “but it had the air of some enhancement or tinkering of the raw video.”
Fellow meteorologist Ryan Breton wrote that his Fb submit would play higher with these on Bluesky.
“Not sure how this became so political,” Bouchard responded.
Astronaut Suni Williams, a Needham native, was one of many astronauts who had been caught in house for the final 9 months.
Again when Bouchard was with WHDH 7News, he went viral over his notorious “almost as big as me” remark.
He was reporting on the snowfall across the area, and the very best snow whole for a neighborhood was 9 inches.
Bouchard stated throughout that viral broadcast, “The biggest amount that I could find — almost as big as me — about 9 inches.”
