Question

In the year ending on November 2nd, 2020, will the total worldwide non-governmental funding of AI & Automation social science research exceed $100M?

Resolved :Ambiguous76%

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Total Forecasters111

Community Prediction76% (70% - 80%)

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50%

community: 76%

Did this actually happen?Ambiguous

Authors:

Tamay

Opened:

Nov 2, 2019

Closes:

Sep 30, 2020

Resolves:

Feb 9, 2023

Foresight 2020 Contest

Computing and Math

Artificial Intelligence

Social Sciences

Technology

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Future of Humanity Institute

Alan Turing Institute

Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence

AI Now Institute

Center for Security and Emerging Technology

Engineering

Automation

Stanford University

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