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Tag: wisdom of crowds

Cover for The Crowd Needs Strangers: a disc of glowing pillars, one for each of 787 guesses at an ox's weight, with a blue ring marking the true weight and a coral ring for the crowd's average.
Cat Links Artificial Intelligence

The Crowd Needs Strangers

Posted on November 5, 2026November 5, 2026 jsrector

In 1907 a crowd at a livestock show guessed an ox’s weight to within a pound, because their mistakes pointed in different directions. AI is about to give every crowd the same mistake, and the stranger in the room becomes the most valuable person in it. … readThe Crowd Needs Strangers

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