A prediction (Latin præ-, "before," and dicere, "to say") or forecast is a statement about the way things will happen in the future, often but not always based on experience or knowledge. While there is much overlap between prediction and forecast, a prediction may be a statement that some outcome is expected, while a forecast is more specific, and may cover a range of possible outcomes.
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How to turn your dog’s nap time into a regularized linear model
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New self-supervised AI models scan X-rays to predict prognosis of COVID-19 patients
Researchers from Facebook and NYU Langone Health say their system forecasts COVID-19 mortality more accurately than radiologists. ...
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These new metrics help grade AI models' trustworthiness
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How DeepMind’s protein-folding breakthrough could transform drug development
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IBM AI model predicts onset of Alzheimer's disease by analyzing descriptions of a cookie theft
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What exactly is an algorithm and how does it work?
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Orionid will bring 20 shooting stars per hour — here’s how you can see it
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Harvard researchers developed an AI to determine how medical treatments affect life spans
Harvard researchers say the AI accurately forecast the impact of life-extending treatment or diets on mice.
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COVID-19 made your data set worthless. Now what?
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An AI just embarrassed the US Air Force in a virtual dogfight
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Data-informed predictive policing was heralded as less biased. Is it?
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The 6 unholy AI systems thou shalt not develop
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Using 'personalized AI' to end coronavirus lockdown is a stupid, cruel idea
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This AI tool predicts who's got COVID-19 without testing
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This AI tool identifies the most promising COVID-19 research
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AI model predicts the coronavirus pandemic will end in December
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LAPD ditches predictive policing program accused of racial bias
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AI predicts where coronavirus cases will spike next
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AI can’t predict a child’s future success, no matter how much data we give it
A trio of Princeton social scientists recently conducted a mass experiment with 160 research teams to see if any of them ...
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This AI system predicts air pollution before it happens
Computer scientists from Loughborough University in the UK have developed a new AI system that predicts air pollution levels ...
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China tests AI that predicts earthquakes better than lousy humans
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AI Now: Predictive policing systems are flawed because they replicate and amplify racism
The AI Now Institute's Executive Director, Andrea Nill Sánchez, today testified before the European Parliament LIBE Committee ...
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Why most of 2018's tech predictions were wrong
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Why researchers want to build an AI that can predict a person’s attractiveness
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How developers will work in 2019
Down with technical debt; up with microservices.
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Here's what AI experts think will happen in 2019
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