Home of the Red Sox, the Old North Church and Amazon’s HQ2?

If it’s all about artificial intelligence, then Amazon’s much anticipated second North American headquarters is headed to Beantown.

This article on CNN.com says that Wells Fargo Securities’ stock-picking robot, Aiera, has determined that Amazon will select Boston for its $5 billion HQ2.

In a research note, Wells Fargo said that based on all of its measures “it is fair to characterize [Boston] as what the broader public and the market believes will happen when Amazon announces their decision later this year…Behind Boston, Aiera selected the following cities in order: Chicago, Atlanta, New York City and Toronto.”

Apparently, Aiera is not the only one.

According to the article, earlier this year, Irish gambling site Paddy Power gave the city 3-to-1 odds of winning the second headquarters. Other favorites include Austin and Atlanta, which both had odds of 7-to-2.

Who says it’s nothing more than an economic development sweepstakes?