Food is traditionally communal — think of grocery shopping, meal preparation, and dinners together — so it shouldn’t be surprising to think that food is a vessel for memories. Jamie Harrison’s provides an amusing and intriguing reflection on food’s ability to conjure memories firsthand while writing; “food keeps people you love in the room of your head, even if you can no longer prove your love by feeding them”. 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
