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this is a discussion within the Saints Community Forum; Microsoft Cortana had one of its worst weeks of the NFL season, correctly predicting nine of 16 Week 14 games. It's now 135-73 (64.9%) on the year. Cortana is a Windows phone virtual assistant that uses a Bing Predicts algorithm ...
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Microsoft Cortana had one of its worst weeks of the NFL season, correctly predicting nine of 16 Week 14 games.
It's now 135-73 (64.9%) on the year. Cortana is a Windows phone virtual assistant that uses a Bing Predicts algorithm to predict every NFL game. Its 135-73 record is almost identical to the 135-69-4 record that Vegas favorites have. Cortana is behind the 144-64 (69.2%) record that Nate Silver's ELO model has through 14 weeks. The algorithm picks games straight-up, not against the spread. Cortana's 9-7 Week 14 was its worst week since Week 4, when it went 5-8. Vegas favorites went 10-5-1 in Week 14. ELO went 12-4. The algorithm nailed the World Cup, correctly picking 15 of the tournament's final 16 games. It's having a tougher time picking NFL games. Here are Cortana's picks for Week 15 as of Tuesday afternoon. We'll update them throughout the week if they change (Vegas favorites in parentheses): New Orleans Saints vs. Chicago Bears— Saints win, 53.3% chance (Saints -3) Read more: Microsoft Cortana NFL Picks, Week 15 - Business Insider As wrong as she has been lately, quite on a roll really, does this guarantee a loss? Last edited by SmashMouth; 12-11-2014 at 08:28 AM.. |
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12-11-2014, 08:43 AM | #2 |
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Re: OMG, Cortana Picks Saints To Beat Bears!
We've won and lost both when she has picked us to win. It's just a crapshoot
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12-11-2014, 10:02 AM | #3 |
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Re: OMG, Cortana Picks Saints To Beat Bears!
And at 53%, it's a real crapshoot.
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12-11-2014, 12:39 PM | #5 |
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Re: OMG, Cortana Picks Saints To Beat Bears!
Stop posting this! Its bad juju!! Now I know we'll lose. Damnit!!
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12-11-2014, 12:39 PM | #6 |
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Re: OMG, Cortana Picks Saints To Beat Bears!
Find me an algorithm that picks against the spread with +50% success and I am impressed. Picking straight up at 53% isn't THAT impressive.
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12-11-2014, 03:14 PM | #8 |
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Re: OMG, Cortana Picks Saints To Beat Bears!
They are a bigger mess than us right now. If I had a million dollars I would bet all of it on us dismantling the Bears and Atlanta just to get blown out by Tampa missing the playoff.
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12-11-2014, 04:27 PM | #9 |
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I agree with Dude up to the point of wanting to miss the playoffs for a better draft pick. We'd probably just draft another Jonathan Sullivan
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