“The mind boggles at how foolish they must have assumed an older black woman and her younger daughter must be.” Being a female business owner opens you up to discrimination that male business owners don’t face. Teresa and Eleanore Richardson have experienced this first-hand. When they were approached by an investor looking to buy a stake in their hair product and salon business’ expansion in Angola, they were presented with heavily unfavourable business terms that would give most of the power to the investor. 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
