Far-right and far-left terrorists are quite close to locking themselves in a loop. As more far-right terrorist plots are uncovered and acted out against left-leaning protestors, the far-left continue to arm themselves — most likely defensively, thinking to themselves that the opposition is prepared to use force. However, this seems to be misconstrued by the far-right as retaliation, leading to them arming themselves and locking the two sides in an arms race.
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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
