Unanimous A.I.

Unanimous A.I. is a technology company that amplifies the intelligence of human groups using AI algorithms modeled after swarms in nature. Inspired by the intelligence amplification effects that occur within flocks of birds, schools of fish, and swarms of bees, Unanimous enables people to achieve similar benefits by forming "artificial swarms" online. Known as Artificial Swarm Intelligence (ASI), the core technology enables groups to efficiently combine their knowledge, wisdom, insights, and intuitions into an emergent intelligence that is sometimes referred to as a "hive mind." Unanimous has deployed swarm-based technologies through a cloud-based server called "UNU" which enables online groups to answer questions, reach decisions, and make predictions by thinking together as a unified intelligence.^[1][2] This process has been shown to produce significantly improved decisions, predictions, estimations, and forecasts, as demonstrated when predicting major events such as the Kentucky Derby, the Oscars, the Stanley Cup, Presidential Elections, and the World Series.^{[3][4][5][6][7]} Unanimous is also the provider of Swarm Insight, an on-demand intelligence service.

History

Human Swarm

Unanimous A.I. was founded by entrepreneur and inventor, Louis Rosenberg, as a means of building intelligent systems that keep human values, morals, wisdom, and sensibilities deeply embedded in the process.^[8] By keeping people "in the loop", swarm-based systems may prove safer in the long term than traditional approaches to A.I.^{[9][10][11][12]}

UNU

Unanimous A.I. has deployed a "human swarming" platform called UNU that allows distributed groups of users to login from anywhere in the world and think together as real-time closed-loop systems to answer questions, make predictions, generate ideas, and reach decisions.^[13][14]

2016 Kentucky Derby

Challenged by a reporter with TechRepublic, Hope Reese, Unanimous A.I. used the UNU system to predict the winners of the 2016 Kentucky Derby. UNUs single pick for the top four horses was published by TechRepublic on May 6, 2016.^[13] The following day, the race was won and the four horses that UNU picked (Nyquist, Exaggerator, Gun Runner, and Mohaymen) finished in the exact order that the system predicted and that TechRepublic published. The odds for making such a pick were 542 to 1, which would yield $54,000 on a $100 bet.^[15] Hope documented her own bet of $1, which earned $540.^[16][17][18]

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