While confidence is good, Michael DeHaan argues that self-doubt is even more important. When one is overconfident, they tend to mistrust people; the logic is that they think that they can’t be wrong, so their teammates must be wrong instead. Instead of casting doubt on themselves, they cast doubt on others, passing over possibly brilliant ideas. A casualty of this mistrust is the stifling of these brilliant ideas and their development because ideas can’t develop when you think your idea alone is the best. 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
