A.I. and THE OSCARS

A.I. and THE OSCARS

Last year, something remarkable happened on Oscar Night. Far from Hollywood, a group of casual moviegoers made Oscar-prediction history by out-forecasting the vast majority of film-industry experts, including the New York Times and FiveThirty Eight.   They did this using a new and different form…
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The Swarm Goes 7 for 9 in Vegas

Last week, a group of football fans got together online to talk about the NFL and make predictions about Week 15.  What makes this newsworthy is how they connected, for it allowed them to tap their collective intelligence and make predictions that pummeled…
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Let’s Predict the Future as a Human Swarm

A new platform called UNU allows groups of friends or strangers to form a "Swarm Intelligence" that can answer questions, make predictions, and even generate Internet memes. Check it out: Now, we're looking for beta-users to help us form a "futurist swarm" and ponder the biggest questions…
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