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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: | ||
*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 | ||
{{sa}} | {{sa}} | ||
*[[Artificial intelligence]] | *[[Artificial intelligence]] | ||