Almost Predictable.

Predictive AI is a type of AI, like Generative AI. It's a little more complicated, unless you are a "quant" geek. But really, it's just boring analytics.

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Connie Connors
June 10, 2025

Word-let (so you know, you know)

There are lots of books and movies about predictive analytics — or fate. You probably know Moneyball. But my recent favorite is Love at First Sight (Netflix, 2023). Hopeless in love, geeky rom-com with a great cast. Like a good movie, AI takes the boring out of numbers and revolutionizes analytics. Read on, and you may never fill out a survey again. (You know you hate them. So why do you do them? And betcha lie, right?)

Multi-Agents

We covered Agents briefly in the last newsletter. Multi-Agents are the key to Predictive AI. Say a company wants to conduct a survey about their customer service or a new product. They may send surveys to thousands of different types of people (in marketing, we call these buyer personas), sampling current and future customers with a set of questions. AI can create a whole population of made-up people with all sorts of different attributes and, based on their behaviors, predict the outcome of a survey. If you’re a gamer, this is like creating a virtual world and simulating various scenarios and outcomes. The accuracy is uncanny (surveys are faulty because we don’t really know what we want), and speed is in a matter of minutes.

Think of all of these agents, all different, running around consuming different information, living different lives, taking different paths. AI can simulate these “people” and determine outcomes, or predict behavior patterns and desires.

Drop-let

AI-created videos are the daily rage. Chances are good that video creation isn’t at the top of your to-do list, so I’ll just show you a few here on occasion (and scare me and you). Check out more crazy Veo 3 video examples here. It’s the “fake people” who are so freaky. I’ll ask a psychologist to join me in a podcast this week to discuss future implications of these perfect people invading our world.

Almost Tech (to Try)

This section is for basic tech tips, so ignore if you’re a pro. But I also want to help you steer clear of annoying extensions that pop up on your desktop when you’re just trying to accomplish a simple task: in this case, shopping. Coupon-cutting pop-ups make me so crazy that I’d rather not save money. You can turn them off (ask me). That said, my Capital One Shopping App is pretty helpful. Honey and Rakuten are annoying.

Prompts

Knowing what search terms to use in Google is similar to knowing what prompts to use in AI. It’s either an innate trait or a learned skill. I’ve craved knowledge all my life (which makes me almost intelligent) and have built-in radar for finding information. Friends often ask me to “search” for them. The reality is that “search” as you know it is over. AI is now that friend who you can ask to “search” for you. And a majority of you do say “thank you” to ChatGPT for your search. You’re so kind. But it’s unnecessary and is a waste of energy (literally.) More on that later. More prompt tips forthcoming.

Almost Profound

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When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate.

Until Next Time

Stay curious, stay clever, and remember, almost intelligent is more than enough.

Connie