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Google To Predict Accuracy of Political Statements

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the google-knows dept.

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...""

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  1. I know what the politicians will do. by AltGrendel · · Score: 5, Funny

    They'll use this to tweak the statement until it passes the test.

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    The simple truth is that interstellar distances will not fit into the human imagination

    - Douglas Adams

  2. Layman's method by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    How do you tell a politician is lying?

    Easy, his lips are moving.

  3. Harry Seldon would be proud by t0xic@ · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I guess Psychohistory is here! I just wish Isaac Asimov would have lived a bit longer.

  4. Re:Lying is not the major problem by nate+nice · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Otherwise known as lying.

    You're either being truthful or you're not. You either have good intentions or you don't. Yes, the world *is* this black and white. The world *is* this simple. And you're either lying or you're not. Sometimes it's hard to determine, but it's one way or the other. Any amount of lying makes your whole statement untrue and therefore you're a liar.

    If you're telling me something, even if it's "true", but the goal is decieve or take advantage of, then you're lying.

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    "If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar, A hope-er, a pray-er, a magic bean buyer ..."
  5. News Lie Detector by N8F8 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I thought by now we'd see a little icon at he corner of the screen whenever someone is talking on the news to display probability of deceipt. There are auditory and visual cues to detecting a lie, I'd think by now we'd have computers doing this real-time.

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    "God fights on the side with the best artillery." - Napoleon, Marshal of France - speaking truth to power