“She was complaining to her friend that the like-count on the first photo of the baby wasn’t high enough.” Despite the countless articles teaching us how to think critically, there doesn’t seem to be that many media literate people around. Ted Bauer suggests it’s likely because people are unable and unwilling to learn because there’s no dopamine rush that comes with being critical; people will act in ways that net them the most reactions, which critical thinking rarely provides.
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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
