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Are IBM Smarter Cities prediction markets too smart for people?

IBM Smarter Cities prediction mechanisms 20 prediction lines Only one socially generated prediction is over 50%. UPDATE: The first version of this post used the term “prediction markets”, because that is how Spigit brands these mechanisms, but, on a closer … Continue reading

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French TV anchor will launch a collective forecasting website.

Patrick Poivre D’Arvor (alias “PPDA”) is said to be planning a social prediction website. Will it be powered by a prediction market technology, or else? Mystery wrapped in a riddle inside an enigma. UPDATE: A new play-money betting operator opens … Continue reading

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