http://www.daniel-lemire.com/blog/archives/2006/11/24/stock-picking-computers/ Daniel Lemire's blog is about life in academia, research in Computer Science, wondering how we can reconcile fast databases and algorithms with the informal and asemantic nature of the world around us. It is broadcasted from Montreal (Canada). Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:55:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://www.daniel-lemire.com/blog/archives/2006/11/24/stock-picking-computers/#comment-49206 Will Dwinnell Sun, 25 Feb 2007 15:28:35 +0000 http://www.daniel-lemire.com/blog/archives/2006/11/24/stock-picking-computers/#comment-49206 I think it is more accurate to say that humans and computers are good at different things. I will deliberately avoid the loaded term "intelligent" and assert that computers, as per quantitative measures of performance, sometimes outperform humans on very specific (and, typically, narrow) tasks. As an example, computers are much better at credit scoring than humans, under real-world conditions, when both are presented with the same information on credit applicants. I think it is more accurate to say that humans and computers are good at different things. I will deliberately avoid the loaded term “intelligent” and assert that computers, as per quantitative measures of performance, sometimes outperform humans on very specific (and, typically, narrow) tasks. As an example, computers are much better at credit scoring than humans, under real-world conditions, when both are presented with the same information on credit applicants.

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