The robots who predict the future

MIT Technology Review
by Bryan Gardiner
February 18, 2026
To be human is, fundamentally, to be a forecaster. Occasionally a pretty good one. Trying to see the future, whether through the lens of past experience or the logic of cause and effect, has helped us hunt, avoid being hunted, plant crops, forge social bonds, and in general survive in a world that does not…
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Originally published on MIT Technology Review on 2/18/2026