The Hadza people (or Hadzabe) are a small ethnic group who call Tanzania’s Lake Eyasi home and have been the subject of tourism for nearly 40 years now. They were recently visited by American celebrity doctors Anthony Gustin and Paul Saladino, who likened them to ancient humans. In their podcast, they describe the partly hunter-gatherer Hadzabe as almost alien-like, calling them “wild”. Andrew Harvey, who has worked with the Hadza people extensively, argues tourists only value the Hadzabe for their entertainment value and not as fellow human beings. 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
