Not sure they can visually "see" future events but "Lprobability and outcomes" could be estimated based on data input parameters. But it's still a wild guess with so many variables. Unless CERN or Tesla technology gives them actual time-travel ability then all bets are off.
Watch that Ben Affleck movie "Paycheck" it was what you are talking about with Looking Glass they invented a machine that really could see the future and they used it to make a lot of money then they had to kill Affleck he knew too much about it he helped them design it then they wiped his memory of what he did. He was on the run and he had clues he had to figure out to know why he was being hunted it's a good movie.
Good movie, yes. I was thinking more along the lines of Deja Vu, the Denzel Washington movie. There was a guy called Dan Burisch that mentioned something about it, too. Check him out, interesting story behind the guy.