微軟研發未來事件預測器，宛如關鍵報告 - Windows

微軟現在正在研發一種能預測未來事件的軟體，就是類似電影關鍵報告那樣，

這軟體能預測未來大新聞事件。

原理是透過分析網路上的資料，來預測未來可能會發生的大事，

例如暴動、戰爭、致命傳染病等等。

不曉得這個東西有沒有預測到Windows 8 銷售量不佳 XD



EXPERIMENTAL MICROSOFT SOFTWARE TRIES TO PREDICT CATASTROPHIC EVENTS
BY ANALYZING NEWS HEADLINES
http://bgr.com/2013/02/03/microsoft-disaster-predicting-software-314061/


At first glance, it may sound like the plot of Person of Interest, the
CBS show about a genius billionaire who develops a software program that
taps into all public surveillance systems and predicts when crimes are
most likely to occur. But as Technology Review reports, researchers at
Microsoft (MSFT) and the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology are working
on disaster-predicting software that is very real and also much less
invasive than its fictional counterpart. Instead of using surveillance
cameras to predict future events, the software analyzes news headlines in
different regions to see if it can spot warning signs for outbreaks of
diseases or civil unrest that could result in violence.

“I truly view this as a foreshadowing of what’s to come,” says Eric
Horvitz, a co-director at Microsoft Research. “Eventually this kind of
work will start to have an influence on how things go for people.”

Technology Review says that among other things, the software could have
predicted cholera outbreaks in Angola based on reports of droughts in the
region. The publication also writes that “in similar tests involving
forecasts of disease, violence, and a significant numbers of deaths,
the system’s warnings were correct between 70 to 90 percent of the time.”


Don’t expect this software to pop up as a new crime prevention system
at your local police station anytime soon, however, as Technology Review
says that Microsoft has no plans to make it available for commercial use
at the moment.


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