‘Web-bot project’ predicts 2012 apocalypse
September 29, 2009
Reported at the Telegraph this week is an interesting case of high-tech self-distorting prophecy. The “Web-bot project” is known for, according to some, predicting the 9/11 terrorist attack, although critics point our that a “world-changing event” in a 3-month window is not very specific.
The technology, originally designed to predict stock market movements, scours the web for chatter on topics, and when the chatter increases, they take that as a sign that something is due to happen, a sort of global consensus of web topicality. Consequently, with all the talk about 2012 as the movie and actual year approach, the “web-bot” has determined that something terrible will occur in Dec 2012. And in doing so, sites like this are reporting the story, which increases the chatter, and feeds the “web-bot”.
However, despite reports in the media, the most recent “web-bot” report, available for $10, only briefly mentions 2012. The style is typical of the 50-page report, and this fits in with it being written by a computer, not a human:
It is worth noting that the [break-away civilization] sub set is overtaking the [new electrics] sub set from the very late 2011 onward. The [alien war] sub set subsumes both the [new electrics] and [break-away civilization] sets over early 2011 through to the very last extent of our detail granularity which extends out to early 2012. There are some indications that the [break-away civilization] will play a pivotal role in the years of the [alien wars].
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