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by Cortexia 3512 days ago
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...

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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.