“[I]f you turn your back to the blues and deny your dependence on them, you might lose your place in the world[.]” Ellen Meloy puts an unparalleled level of attention towards colours, and considers blues to be the most important colours in life. Blue not only represents water in all its forms, but also the human condition; as the sea holds “comfort and inspiration and danger”, so do shades of blue, contributing to “all that a person needs in order to rise to the full largesse of beauty” 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
