Despite the effort of former mayors Giuliani and Bloomberg to lower crime in New York City and the onset of a global pandemic, New Yorkers experienced a rise in shootings and murders in 2020. Heather Mac Donald claims that antiracism measures a the reason for the unprecedented increase in crime; in particular how, in the wake of protests following the murder of George Floyd, NYPD Commissioner Shea decommissioned the force’s anticrime units. 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
