Josiah makes a good point: Data science is greater than prediction alone. The set he provides is a great example of this. Data science is a wonderfully diverse field with applications fields well beyond my phone’s ability to predict what my next order to Drizzly is going to be (Brooklyn Lager).
Journalists could utilize AI to parse large volumes of speeches and remarks positions over time. It could show is evolution of their positions, group them into networks of people saying the same or similar things, identify inflection points and highlight events that influenced the change.
