Margin of Error
Directed by Peter Gombos2020 52mDocumentary
In the face of a century of traditional polling to predict public opinion, there is a shakeup afoot in the prediction game. Margin of Error examines how a startup called Advanced Symbolics uses artificial intelligence and public social-media data to forecast voter behaviour. But the promise of new technology also comes with questions about its accuracy, the threat to citizens’ privacy and our democracy itself.
