Daydreaming seems unproductive, but it’s worth trying to master it; daydreaming could potentially increase pain tolerance and reduce trolling, bullying, sadistic behavior and other habits caused by boredom. However, psychologist Erin Westgate found that most adults seem to have lost touch with this art; participants preferred killing bugs or receiving an electric shock to being left alone with their thoughts. The key to daydreaming? “You have to be the actor, director, screenwriter and audience of [your] mental performance” 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
