The Democrat Party calls itself the party of the working class, but if the trend of class dealignment continues, it soon may not be; Mark Kapp buts forth that the Democrats are becoming increasingly opposed to class policies, alienating blue-collar workers. For example, Biden successfully turned the notoriously red Orange County blue, but those Biden voters struck down a proposition that aimed to fund schools and local governments through higher taxes for rich businesses. 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
