How did living things become beautiful? Imagine beautiful things as the result of a competitive two-player game. For example, flowers evolved to be more beautiful to attract pollinators so they can reproduce. While pollinators are only after the flower’s nectar, the flower’s beauty is a neon sign that screams: “Hey, I have delicious nectar here for you!” The brighter the sign, the more it catches the pollinator’s attention. Because pollinators chase after the most beautiful flowers, flowers evolve to become more beautiful than their peers. Read full article here
Societal Issues
AI Predicts Crime A Week In Advance With 90 Per Cent Accuracy
An artificial intelligence model built by Ishanu Chattopadhyay and his colleagues analysed crime data in Chicago from 2014 to 2016 and managed to predict future levels of crime down to the nearest 300 metres, a week before they actually happened. While extremely useful, this artificial intelligence has been shown to expose racial prejudice in law enforcement. Hopefully, as the study’s data and methodology have been made available for others to evaluate, these prejudices can be avoided in the next iteration. Read full article here
Merv
August 15, 2022
