How can we forget Paul the Octopus predicted by the 2010 world cup winner who had gone viral globally? The Octopus would use both teams’ flags, which were laid out in front of him in a box before a game, and the winning team would select the box from which Paul would eat first. Paul had 12 correct predictions out of 14.
The outcome of any sports game is unpredictable, yet humans try and predict the outcomes, either based on statistical analysis or just a hunch. Predicting the winner of any game is part of the game viewing experience and has been a crucial selling point for the betting industry from the beginning. Recently another interesting method of predicting game outcomes has emerged: prediction using machine learning, in which companies that have used several different algorithms to predict these outcomes predict the winner of the game or tournament.
Below are some of the companies that used machine learning to predict the results of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Prediction of the Technical University of Dortmund in Germany
An algorithm was developed by a team that included researchers from German Technical University of Dortmund, the University of Ghent in Belgium and the Technical University of Munich. The algorithm is fed with data that ran approximately 100,000 simulations to predict Spain as the winner.
San Francisco-based tech company prediction: unanimous AI
San Francisco-based tech company Unanimous AI He tried, his hands on this. Here’s what its founder and CEO said: “These predictions were generated using swarm artificial intelligence technology.” Furthermore, the founder and CEO stated that “this means that it uses a unique combination of human insights and artificial intelligence algorithms, resulting in a system that is more intelligent than humans or machines could be on their own. It works by connecting a group of people over the Internet using artificial intelligence algorithms, allowing them to think together as a system and converge on predictions that are the optimized combination of their individual knowledge, wisdom, instincts and intuitions. ” The final result of their simulation pointed out that Germany will defeat Brazil in the final.
Goldman Sachs prediction
The tech teams at this American multinational investment bank have also tried to predict the winner of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, and their machine learning program has given them a final test result. The winning team predicted by Goldman sachs, using machine learning in Brazil.
Although there are various tech teams within startups, even entrepreneurial companies around the world, that are using machine learning algorithms and artificial intelligence technologies to predict the 2018 FIFA World Cup winner, however, it appears that everyone will have to wait until the end. Game until they find out if the hard work they have put in over the past months and years has achieved their desired results.
Originally posted at https://www.globaltechinsights.com/machine-learning-predicts-the-fifa-world-cup-2018-winner/