| the world is complicated, and big decisions can be hard to make. instead of trusting your own fallible human intuition, why not plug the variables of your life into a supercomputer and watch your fate unfold by the numbers? advanced simulation software could generate a slew of parallel lives, each following a different fork in the road: where you live, which person you date or whether you adopt that great dane puppy. the u.s. army already uses tactical simulators to predict the outcome of battles and to fine-tune supply-chain logistics. now, researchers at the institute for creative technologies at the university of southern california are working on the intelligent forces project, with the goal of simulating the behavior of civilian populations—and insurgent forces—on a citywide scale. if |
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