Do you practice revenge bedtime procrastination? There are three aspects that define bedtime procrastination ー delay of sleep, a lack of a valid reason, and awareness of negative consequences ー but what turns regular procrastination into “revenge” procrastination is the fact that sleep is being delayed in response to a lack of free time earlier in the day. The term comes from China, where some workers have 12-hour, 6-day work weeks.
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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
