The Economist uses AI to audit the accuracy of its own predictions
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The Economist
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The Economist conducted a self-audit using AI to test the accuracy of its own predictions made in its leader pages. The article reflects on the magazine's forecasting track record, acknowledging that while rigorous fact-checking prevents errors about the present, predicting the future is far more difficult. It cites a specific example from 1999 when the magazine predicted oil could fall to dangerously low levels, and uses AI analysis to evaluate how well its forecasts have held up over time.
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· 3 pulledThe tone of pronouncements made in the leader pages of The Economist has been likened to the 'voice of God'.
Rigorous fact-checking usually saves us from embarrassing errors about the present. The future is trickier.
In 1999 we said oil could fall to...
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