In the 1990s, DARPA pitted computerized algorithms against human - TopicsExpress



          

In the 1990s, DARPA pitted computerized algorithms against human analysts to answer a simple question: Will [X] countrys government face an acute existential threat in the next six months? The software demolished CIA analysts predictions almost immediately, easily reaching 80% accuracy. Though this particular project is back under absurd layers of security clearances in the government, there are now a ton of public projects trying to predict the development of political unrest in Syria, ethnic violence in China, insurgency in Paraguay, etc. Check out the article below. For more details, including some cool, if outdated, forecasts, check out the Ward lab page itself: bit.ly/1oXAzvn
Posted on: Thu, 20 Feb 2014 22:26:42 +0000

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