At the tender age of 14, King James V of Scotland was encouraged by his then-stepfather and countless noblemen to be as promiscuous as possible, in order to keep him from assuming power. Why? They believed that by occupying the teenage king’s mind and thoughts with sex, he wouldn’t realize that they’d stolen his power. They would shuttle him around the kingdom, showing him women and bringing him to brothels, until he rebelled at age 16.
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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
