In 1996, killer whales in the subantarctic were observed to have been eating the catch of longline fishing vessels, and this behaviour has only grown through the years. Part of the reason more killer whales are engaging in depredation — going after food sources produced by humans — is the predictability, reliability, and abundance of toothfish caught on human deep-sea fishing lines. It’s posited that more whales engaged in this after toothfish populations were depleted by mass fishing. 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
