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75 Average Fans crush ESPN’s Bowl Picks by using A.I.

January 10, 2016
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What is an “expert?” It could be a master chess player, planning 10 moves ahead. Or a skilled doctor making a critical diagnosis. Or a veteran mechanic who knows everything about your Jeep. Specialists who posses deep knowledge on a…

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75 Fans crush ESPN’s predictions by using Swarm A.I.

January 10, 2016
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What do REDDITORS think about GUN CONTROL?

January 10, 2016
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Last week, President Obama spoke to the nation about gun rights, and his ideas for how to solve gun violence in America. In the days since, the airwaves have been full of pundits reacting to his proposals, claiming to know what the "average…

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Can we pick the Winning Powerball Numbers… together?

January 9, 2016
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Regular players of Powerball are painfully aware that there was no winner of Wednesday's $500 million drawing. That means that the jackpot for tonight's drawing will earn over $900 million. A winning ticket would be a game-changer for just about anyone (cue…

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UNU: the new Wildcard in the world of Sports Forecasting

January 6, 2016
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First, there was football - pitting the nation's toughest men against each other in contests so violent they could only be held once a week. Then, there was betting on football - industries sprouted up to allow spectators to wager hard-earned money on…

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How Random Redditors Continue to Crush Vegas with Football Predictions

January 3, 2016
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Now that the dust has settled on the College Bowl season, it's time to look back. It's been a wild ride, with some blowouts, some upsets, and a couple of crazy games, including TCU's epic 3-OT comeback thriller over Oregon…

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The People vs FiveThirtyEight

January 1, 2016
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How 60 random sports fans on Reddit, blew away the forecasters at FiveThirtyEight ESPN's FiveThirtyEight website has built a reputation for deep analysis and forecasting confidence. Nowhere is this more evident than the prediction they published before yesterday's Orange Bowl. The in-depth preview stretches out…

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The Swarm Goes to College: Predicting the Playoffs with Collective Intelligence

December 29, 2015
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There is no more exciting time than right now to be a fan of college football. The pageantry of games like the Rose Bowl and the Sugar Bowl is a holiday tradition on par with unwrapping presents and overeating, and the new…

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