Sorry folks, software has been used to predict conflict outcome since military strategists got computers.
This is just a more public leak of something that has the ability to remove the human element of emotion from giving orders. The integration of this software however is the only real NEWS, and how they even came close to giving software control over life and death is completely incomprehensible.
Not really. The first algorithm to give a computer control over life and death decisions was the economic Expected Value decision. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expected_value
While its tablet world topping pixel density, Tegra 2 silicon, and fresh to death OS certainly sound awesome, we had to get our grubby mitts on one to see if it's as good as its spec sheet would have us believe.
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Sorry folks, software has been used to predict conflict outcome since military strategists got computers.
This is just a more public leak of something that has the ability to remove the human element of emotion from giving orders. The integration of this software however is the only real NEWS, and how they even came close to giving software control over life and death is completely incomprehensible.
Not really. The first algorithm to give a computer control over life and death decisions was the economic Expected Value decision.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expected_value
Sorry I forgot about the insurance companies :[