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{{a|technology|[[File:Cricket prediction.png|450px|thumb|center|A likely sporting outcome according to Google a couple of years ago]]
{{a|technology|[[File:Cricket prediction.png|450px|thumb|center|A likely sporting outcome according to Google a couple of years ago]]
[[File:Cricket prediction 2.png|450px|thumb|center|A likely sporting outcome according to Google yesterday]]
[[File:Cricket prediction 2.png|450px|thumb|center|A likely sporting outcome according to Google yesterday]]
[[File:Goldman football predicition.png|450px|thumb|left|Goldman predicted this:]]
[[File:Actual football outcome.png|450px|thumb|left|We actually got this:]]
}}An occasional running series intended to pose the question: when will Adam Curtis’ assertion that the vaunted predictive power of big data is a “modern ghost story”.
}}An occasional running series intended to pose the question: when will Adam Curtis’ assertion that the vaunted predictive power of big data is a “modern ghost story”.


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*Android voice recognition interprets “Richard Strauss” as “Richard’s trouser”.
*Android voice recognition interprets “Richard Strauss” as “Richard’s trouser”.
*Those splendid data-wizard brianboxes at Goldman Sachs can get their predictions this wrong:
*Those splendid data-wizard brianboxes at Goldman Sachs can get their predictions this wrong:
[[File:Goldman football predicition.png|300px|thumb|left|Predicted this:]]
 
[[File:Actual football outcome.png|300px|thumb|left|Got this:]]
*Long term, [[technology is a leveller]] and not a provider of competitive advantage
*Long term, [[technology is a leveller]] and not a provider of competitive advantage
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*[[Artificial intelligence]]
*[[Artificial intelligence]]

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An occasional series.
A likely sporting outcome according to Google a couple of years ago
A likely sporting outcome according to Google yesterday
Goldman predicted this:
We actually got this:
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An occasional running series intended to pose the question: when will Adam Curtis’ assertion that the vaunted predictive power of big data is a “modern ghost story”.

Your job is safe as long as:

  • Google thinks that ==> is a sensible win prediction for a cricket match.
  • Microsoft’s auto-correct for bhusiness suggests “bushiness” but not “business”.
  • Android voice recognition interprets “Richard Strauss” as “Richard’s trouser”.
  • Those splendid data-wizard brianboxes at Goldman Sachs can get their predictions this wrong:

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