Will hydrogen be a viable alternative energy source? Several companies seem to be banking on its success; BloombergNEF predicts that supply might even outpace demand as policies that would make use of the hydrogen might not be in place yet when production capability grows. In part, it depends on China. The country is notoriously secretive about its energy policies; if they’re working on incorporating hydrogen into their energy policies, demand might skyrocket as they make it easier to implement everywhere else in the world.
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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
