To an outsider, the work of supportive educators could be seen as thankless, exhausting, and perhaps not very effective, but for children with trauma their bespoke approach is necessary for growth and learning. These workers are advised to react to children, stopping their current action to give a child their undivided attention – an act sometimes perceived as reinforcing attention-seeking behavior. However, these educators understand that, over the long-term, it is fulfilling the child’s natural need for attention. 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
