One of the problems brought about by Hollywood’s shift to the digital format is the effort required to store digital movies. Digital copies of movies require constant maintenance; archivists must stave off humidity, heat, static electricity, and electromagnetic fields to preserve their decades-long shelf life. Aside from that, the amount of data that digital movie production produces has staggering storage costs; a two-hour movie in 4K costs upwards of 200,000 USD in storage yearly compared to the 500 USD annual cost of its film equivalent. 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
