Pilchards are smelly, oily fish with a reputation as a staple food of the British poor during the regency era of the late 1700s to the early 1800s. Although most pilchards were exported to Italy, they gained this reputation because they were often given to charities by rich people to better their image. Aside from that, the poor would often crowd around pilchard processing plants to beg for fish that did not pass quality control; called “pezacs”, these fish were compromised, too small, and generally not fit for export. 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
