Think like champion forecasters

Learn the 4 habits of the champion forecasters who outclassed US intelligence agencies



See the future more clearly

Learn to think in bets about future events by thinking in shades of probabilities



Learn the science of collective intelligence

Make your own teams smarter using the 4 essential principles of wise groups

Dr. Emile Servan-Schreiber teaches crowd forecasting at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University’s School of Collective Intelligence. At the helm of Hypermind since 2000, he has extensively researched and deployed many prediction markets and crowd forecasting innovations.

Masterclass: Great Forecasting with Collective Intelligence

How can we better predict the future? Cognitive scientists know that forecasting is the essence of intelligence.

Improving our forecasting skills will help us to become smarter, individually and collectively.

This masterclass will introduce you to the wisdom of crowds: a group’s ability to be smarter than the smartest person in the group, particularly when it comes to making accurate predictions.

You will learn how to improve your own forecasting skills with the ABC’s of champion forecasters.

1. Understanding the wisdom of crowds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNQ3GccCAI0

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Crowds are not doomed to be stupid. When properly organized, a crowd can be smarter than even its smartest member.

We’ll take a closer look at the discovery of the “wisdom of crowds”, dissect the “diversity theorem”, and give you the recipe for collective intelligence.


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2. Crowd forecasting infectious disease with Johns Hopkins​

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXR4gr8g4L4&t=157s

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Collective intelligence pushes the limits of forecasting. Especially when too many variables are involved for a single expert to handle, or when there is too little data to feed an artificial intelligence.

How do we know this? Before and during the Covid-19 pandemic, Hypermind teamed up with the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security in a large-scale research study aiming to test the epidemiological forecasting skills of several hundred public health experts and other medical professionals.

The results were astonishing!


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3. See the future more clearly by understanding the basics of probability

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OshFm93bkY

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The future is not written, it is probabilistic.

So let’s discuss how to think about probabilities, and how to objectively assess the accuracy of a prediction.


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4. Four simple rules to predict like a champion forecaster

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y26NGlcJIRY&t=330s

Script Colin WidmerBrandon Minnery, Emile Servan-Schreiber Animation Camille Larmanou Voice Camille Larmanou

Forecasting is a matter of skill, not luck. Discover the ABC’s of how champion forecasters think, recently validated by US intelligence agencies.


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Test your forecasting skills. Get recognized. Win prizes.

Put theory into practice! To hone your forecasting superpowers, we invite you to participate in Hypermind’s forecasting contests.

Participation is free, competition is fun, and prizes are plenty.


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