You would really expect that any predictive analytics team worth its salt would be on top of this threat wouldn't you? i.e. repricing of oil, gas and causing the next financial crisis.

The data is there and the tools. And yet I this is almost certainly a case for human cognition. But not any old expert!

 Just read through the first few chapters of 

"Super-Forecasting The art & science of prediction"

by Philip Tetlock & Dan Granger 

Philip is the one who ran a study over 25 years to test the validity of forecasts from 284 serious experts .The result was published in 2005.

The average expert was roughly as accurate as a dart throwing chimpanzee!  

They were no better than random guessing. They tended to have one idea and regardless of evidence that cast doubt on this idea/theory apply it.

AI and machine learning has its place where events are predictable and these technologies can analyse large data streams to alert people of impending change.

For the black swan type scenario, rigorous analysis of internal and external data sources is vital:-

  • talent-spotting to identify the best forecasters;
  • training to reduce cognitive biases and implement the best forecasting practices;
  • placing forecasters in teams to deliver the benefits of collaboration and cognitive diversity; and
  • aggregating forecasts in a way that 'extremizes' the wisdom of the crowd towards a higher degree of confidence and gives more weight to forecasters who have a proven track record and update frequently.

Still a place for algorithms in the later stages mind you. 

See more in "The Science of Superforecasting".