Are we due for a rise in cult formation? Several factors may be attributed to the spike in cults during the 70s and 80s ー psychedelics, historical and technological bombshells, and more tolerant (lax) cultures. While cults have declined since then, we may see a resurgence of them soon as those same factors are on the rise; Artificial Intelligence seems to have already planted the seeds for future “techno-cults” that will likely grow as AI gets more sophisticated.
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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
