While the 2019 Australian Federal Election can be a very serious matter, the young Actuaries Data Analytics Group (yDAWG) decided to have a bit of fun. Using a Markov Chain generator and existing library of historical tweets, they explain how synthetic tweets can impersonate our political leaders.
Before the 2019 Australian Federal Election this weekend, we dive into the twittersphere to see what the candidates, parties and public have been saying and apply a Machine Learning algorithm to mimic our would-be leaders' tweets!
Hugh dives past the sequins and the songs of Eurovision and looks at what the data says about voting blocs.
The 2019 Young Actuaries Conference (YAC) last week unpacked climate change, the Royal Commission, and the future of work, giving key insights to the profession's up and coming.
Posted 8 February 2019
