It took evolution millions of years to produce modern humans, so why do we try to change ourselves overnight? As a mindfulness teacher, Shelly Tygielski has seen people fail again and again at making new habits because they try to take on much more that they can handle; she posits that if a habit takes more willpower than we can afford to commit to it, we will fail at forming that habit. 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
