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British AI startup beats humans in international forecasting

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    unkz
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    I think the main advantage here is being able to look deeply into 60 unrelated topics without getting just plain bored. I’m sure an “mixture of experts” of actual human experts will still...

    I think the main advantage here is being able to look deeply into 60 unrelated topics without getting just plain bored. I’m sure an “mixture of experts” of actual human experts will still outperform for much longer. Interesting stuff though.

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    1. creesch
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      It's also important to not that while the title seems to imply that it ranked first, that is not the case. It ranked eight in a competition of 300 competitors. Which is still good, but not...

      It's also important to not that while the title seems to imply that it ranked first, that is not the case. It ranked eight in a competition of 300 competitors. Which is still good, but not outperforming all humans.

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