Google To Predict Accuracy of Political Statements

pestario writes "Google CEO Eric Schmidt talks about a service which can give the probability of the accuracy of statements made by politicians, among other things. From the Reuters article, Schmidt says: "We (at Google) are not in charge of truth but we might be able to give a probability." Can Google's 'truth predictor' bring an end to sound bites and one-liners? I'm not holding my breath...""

Comments

much simpler truth predictor right here

[192939495969798999]

Enter political candidate's statement here: _______

truth predictor says this is FALSE

ta da! Done. I bet my truth predictor is as accurate as Google's.

Very simple algorithm

[Morgaine]

if (statement.source.profession == "politician")
{
        probability_of_truth = 0.0;
}