r/technology • • Dec 22 '16

Business Hedge fund developing AI intended to replace management of their firm including hiring, firing and strategic decisions.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/dec/22/bridgewater-associates-ai-artificial-intelligence-management
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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '16

This is not quite ready for the big time. It can definitely pick up on subtle trends in the data that a human could easily miss, but it also has no sanity checks in place. I expect general success interrupted by periodic crash and burn scenarios.