Two problems researchers face when getting their findings published are the threat of losing access to their published work and the inaccessibility of research to the general public. Decentralised Science (DeSci) aims to solve these problems. Built on Web 3.0 technology like blockchain, DeSci claims it will let researchers retain the rights to their published work and allow for replication of research for easy dissemination without needing to pay expensive fees to access them like you currently need to do with research journals. 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
