Modeling the Embryonic Mayhem
Imagine a future where
thousands of streams of real-world data would be brought together to reveal previously unknown patterns and trends in human society.
What might this new kind of computing marvel do?
Ultimately the simulator could help detect impending crises like public health emergencies and instabilities in the financial system while serving as a powerful modeling tool for leaders testing the implications of policy changes in energy, transportation, city planning and many other areas, its developers say.
The “planetary simulator” is still in the conceptual phase, but at least you can now game future catastrophes for kicks.
And you were complaining about James Fallows following for woo.
Damn, should be falling, now following of course.
What happens when it moves past the conceptual stage and starts spitting out scenarios? (if it ever gets that far).
The ambition of this project is simply astounding.
“thousands of streams of real-world data would be brought together to reveal previously unknown patterns and trends in human society.”
That paradigm seems to have been mastered already by Google, Facebook, Amazon, etc., etc.