The study of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) has been shrouded in controversy and conflict since its inception in the latter half of the 20th century. Amateur ufologists (and surprisingly, well-respected scientists) butted heads with sceptics, while the majority of the scientific community dismissed the field as pseudoscience. Today, scientists studying extra-terrestrial intelligence, as part of a new Harvard research project, have called for a structured, interdisciplinary study of UFOs, with an emphasis on embracing the considerably better equipment we have to study now them compared the ‘50s and ‘60s.
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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
