Can computers predict wars?
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At Rice University, researchers are developing an artificial intelligence system that analyzes news stories and
identifies patterns of events that lead to armed conflict or all-out war. The idea is that computers can examine thousands of times more information than humans, and might do a better job at modeling future conflict.
The project, funded by the National Science Foundation, aims to use information extraction, data mining, statistical machine learning and computer modeling to predict wars four to eight weeks in advance.