Swarm Intelligence Picks Kentucky Derby Superfecta
Source: Discovery News
Swarm Intelligence Picks Kentucky Derby Superfecta
MAY 12, 2016 12:30 PM ET // BY TRACY STAEDTER
The results are in! Two heads are better than one and 20 heads can win big bets and make millions.
A software program called UNU harnessed the collective power of horse racing experts to correctly predict which four horses would cross the finish line — and in which order — at this weekend’s Kentucky Derby.
The prediction, called a superfecta, had 540-to-1 odds — which means if you bet $1, you’d win $540.
And that’s exactly what Tech Insider reporter Hope Reese did.
It’s was her idea for UNU to make the call. She knew that the platform, developed by Unanimous A.I., a Silicon Valley startup founded by entrepreneur and researcher Louis Rosenberg, had made some correct predictions in the past.
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