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by Tangokat 3513 days ago
Not to be overly critical but:

It does not match my definition of A.I:

"UNU enables groups of online users to think together as a unified emergent intelligence -- a "brain of brains" that can express itself as a singular entity. Touted to as the world's first "hive mind," the UNU platform has had over 60,000 human participants in swarming sessions this year, together answering over 250,000 questions."

Also I would reasonably expect some of those 250.000 questions to beat the odds and get answered right.

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Except this was a prediction that was done formally for the Boston Globe, at their request. You can see their article about it here:

https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/redsox/2016/10/04/group-g...

Still, this is not "AI" in the traditional sense of the phrase. Asking a bunch of humans and then deciding an outcome is not AI.
Well, I think it's pretty clearly an "emergent intelligence" that is distinct from any of the individuals' unique intelligence.

In other words, whose intelligence is being represented by the swarm?

Corporations have been collectively intelligent for centuries, but we don't call that AI.
"Wisdom of crowds" might be the correct term.