Machines that learn through real world observation could make predictions about the future. That's according to Facebook's head of AI, Yann LeCun, who says that the social network is working on technology to work out possible outcomes of future events. And Facebook is building the technology using computer neural networks that learn like a human brain. The super intelligent AI systems could be used to predict human reactions on the small scale or even the world stage. Facebook's head of AI says that the social network is working on making machines that could predict the future.

"Over many millions of words, these mundane patterns [of people's reactions] are far more common than their dramatic counterparts," the team wrote in their study. "Characters in modern fiction turn on the lights after entering rooms; they react to compliments by blushing; they do not answer their phones when they are in meetings." In its initial field tests, using an Augur-powered wearable camera, the system correctly identified objects and people 91 percent of the time. It correctly predicted their next move 71 percent of the time. This isn't the first time developers have turned to books to teach computers, mind you.