Insects Help Predict Winner of Kentucky Derby

By Crowdability, on Friday, May 13, 2016

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A start-up has developed an insect-inspired intelligence system. First it correctly picked the Super Bowl winner, then a series of Oscar winners. Now, despite 540-to-1 odds, it predicted the winner of the Kentucky Derby “Superfecta.” Think twice before crushing that bug… it might help you win some bets.

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