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 weekends Kentucky Derby.
The prediction, called a superfecta, had 540-to-1 odds which means if you bet $1, youd win $540.
And thats exactly what Tech Insider reporter Hope Reese did.
Its 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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