AI Predicts Startup Success Better Than Expert Panels: Adding Humans Makes It Worse
AI predicts startup success better than trained human panels, a University of Michigan study finds. Gemini 2.5 Pro correctly ranked nearly four in five venture pairs in a live Kickstarter tournament — and combining human judgment with AI reduced accuracy, a phenomenon the researchers call the augmentation trap.
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