Predictive Analytics

Published March 23, 2020 · Updated July 6, 2022

Panel Shat,

I might not be as smart in connecting the dots of symbolism as Ken L, but I have been pretty consistent, and early adopter, on this Predictive Analytics thing (c. 2017). See my email below to remind you of my thoughts from years ago.

I think we have to look into the predictive analytics models and see how knowing the “future” is the most valuable commodity in the world.

I think Delos and Rehoboam are two competing systems that both need the other’s IP to fill in the gaps. I think both of these systems have been operating in the dark of one and other with each mining two different subsets of data. Rehoboam has data of human behavior when people are knowingly being controlled by an algorithm. Delos’s system has data from how people behave when they believe they are making their own decisions.

What happens when those two halves of the whole are combined. Which set of data is more important? Is it accurate to say that the true nature of a person is what they do when no one else is looking? Does that mean Delos has the upper hand? Does either side truly understand the plight of the working man/Caleb?

What do you all think? Am I still on the right path that I set off on in 2017, or have I strayed away from the loop that was set out for me?

Nick B

Begin forwarded message:

From: Nicholas Beazley
Date: January 30, 2017 at 15:11:18 EST
To: hosts@shatontv.com
Subject: Predictive Analytics

?Gents,

A lot has been speculated about what Intellectual Property (IP) Delos is trying to steal/smuggle out from the park. Many think that Delos merely wants the means to make physical Hosts themselves to be used as slave labor or kinky playthings, but I would suggest, much like Charlotte did to Sizemore, think bigger.

I have gone back to look at the conversations that Charlotte has with Ford. In almost all of those conversations, the always cool and confident Charlotte betrays her true emotions when she turns and leaves Ford. Everytime Charlotte talks to Ford, she is gambling and hoping that she can predict what will happen, but she has no ability to predict what the outcome will be. Just watch her face when she leaves Ford’s office and when she hear’s Ford announce this will be his final narrative. Charlotte represents how Delos is flying blind when trying to manipulate or predict Ford’s behavior, which stands in direct contrast to Ford in his ability to see and predict everything that will happen. Delos, more than anything, I believe, wants Ford’s ability to predict events/human nature/everything. Whatever predictive analytics were created by Ford to run the park, those algorithms are the most valuable resource WestWorld has to offer Delos and the rest of the world.

Imagine if a company could predict everything: accurate models of weather patterns for logistics, confidence in knowing if a company would turn a profit, if a competitor was worth acquiring, if an IPO was worth investing in, if global uprisings would spill over and challenge markets. Uncertainty would evaporate. No longer would there be any question if customers would want something, because every customer’s desires would be known based off the predictive analytic models. All answers would be at Delos’ fingertips if they could find a way to understand human nature and consciousness, and this would put them leagues ahead of every competitor on the mainland.

Ford’s desire to write his stories had him develop an algorithm that cracked the code on human consciousness and erased uncertainty from his world. Ford calls himself a God in the park. With Ford’s code, Delos would have God like analytical abilities that would eliminate all uncertainty and competition from any global markets Delos chose to enter.

Every company wants the competitive edge, and eliminating Delos’ uncertainty would make it a dominate force in the world, unmatched by any other.

Now with that said, tell me again why Delos would care about conscious hosts, cheap labor, or sex-bots when they could rule the world?

Nick B

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