We would like to organize a competition where human beings compete against computers, to make predictions. The concept is simple: the brain, after all, is capable of doing raw predictions - weather predictions, stock market predictions, economic predictions, and so on. Even the tiny brain of some animals seem better than computers or the human brain, for short-term weather predictions. Human or animal brains, as well as computers, rely on (sensor) data to make predictions.
How would you set up a robust test to accurately measure who is consistently better at predictions? Let's say that we focus on predicting the stock market: how do you design a test to compare human beings with computers, both feeding on big data, with regard to making successful buy/sell transactions?
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