To get a better understanding of Mercury, satellites must hang around in space for years before getting close to the innermost planet of the Solar System. Why? It’s because of speed; as satellites approach Mercury, they speed up, which detracts from detailed investigations. If the satellites are too fast, Mercury’s gravitational pull won’t be able to capture them in its orbit, rendering them unable to record the data.
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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
