"AI is rapidly changing home hunting and the estate agency business, but it's glitches and bias mean it's far from being your best search buddy Before the property bit, let's start with Donald Trump. Last November, I tested AI's ability to predict headline election outcomes in two different countries. In the USA, on November 3 two days before voting, polling in the US had cited a tight race between Trump and Harris, but generally giving Harris the edge."
"At that point in time, mainstream media analysis seemed to concur that Kamala Harris would ultimately be the next US president, albeit by a slim margin. Join the Irish Independent WhatsApp channel Stay up to date with all the latest news"
AI is changing home hunting and the estate agency business by powering search, recommendation, and predictive tools. Glitches and algorithmic bias reduce accuracy and can produce misleading results. Testing of AI predictive capabilities across different contexts revealed errors in forecasting headline outcomes shortly before events. In one case, AI predicted election winners even though polling suggested a tight race with a different frontrunner. Such errors illustrate how models can misinterpret limited or skewed data and replicate existing biases. Real estate technology provides convenience but still requires human oversight, validation, and bias mitigation to be dependable.
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