“Vibe” as a concept traces its roots to the late 1960s; it is a “vague, free-floating feeling” that resonates between bodies. Vibe is resurging today in part as a means for millennials and Gen Z-ers to understand and be understood by others. However, one of its main uses is to describe unpleasant or disturbing situations. For example, compilations of “vibey images” on the social media platform TikTok often elecit a sense of emptiness and existential hollowness from its young userbase. 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
