# Who Predicts Better and Why? Humans, AI, and the Anatomy of a Forecast

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**Date:** March 16, 2026 · 10:00 PM  
**Location:** JW Marriott / Salon E  
**Format:** Panel  
**Track:** Tech & AI  
**Reviews:** 0

## Speakers

- **Eva Vivalt** — Professor
- **Charlie Fink** — Consultant, Columnist, & Author
- **Parisa Kordjamshidi** — Associate Professor Computer Science
- **David Weeks** — Co-Founder & COO

AI models process vast signals; humans bring judgment and context. But who calls real-world outcomes better, and when? This session compares human and model forecasts on headline events, drawing on newsroom practice, product experience, and reasoning-centric AI research. We’ll map where models’ pattern breadth wins, where human context does, and why hybrids often work best. Instead of scoreboards alone, we’ll discuss how journalists and analysts should use uncertainty ranges, disclose methods and sources, and avoid feedback loops that can steer the story itself.

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