April 19, 2019
Scientists Discover Poor Neighborhoods look Poor
Timothy Birdnow
In an example of the study syndrome, where egghead researchers spend big bucks to discover what anybody with a lick of sense already knows, researchers have uncovered evidence that extternal imagery from neighborhoods in cities can tell them about economic inequality. In other words, poor neighborhoods look poorer than rich ones!
https://techxplore.com/news/2019-04-inequalities-uk-deep-image-analysis.html
Who'da guessed? I guess you need a computer to learn this kind of stuff.
In an example of the study syndrome, where egghead researchers spend big bucks to discover what anybody with a lick of sense already knows, researchers have uncovered evidence that extternal imagery from neighborhoods in cities can tell them about economic inequality. In other words, poor neighborhoods look poorer than rich ones!
https://techxplore.com/news/2019-04-inequalities-uk-deep-image-analysis.html
These visual signals include building materials and disrepair, cars, or local shops. Combined with government statistics on outcomes such as housing conditions, mean income, or mortality and morbidity rates for one city, images may be used to train a computer programme to detect inequalities in other cities that lack statistical data.
The authors found that their computer programme was most successful at recognizing differences in quality of the living environment and mean income.
'Measuring social, environmental and health inequalities using deep learning and street imagery' by E.Suel et al is published in the journal Scientific Reports.
The authors found that their computer programme was most successful at recognizing differences in quality of the living environment and mean income.
'Measuring social, environmental and health inequalities using deep learning and street imagery' by E.Suel et al is published in the journal Scientific Reports.
Who'da guessed? I guess you need a computer to learn this kind of stuff.
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How did we ever get anything done before we had computers? It's amazing to try to contemplate the subject.
Also: I'm surprised that some of these liberal cities haven't made it illegal for poor neighborhoods to look poor. I mean, it reflects poorly on the liberal thrust of the city's programs -- makes it look like they aren't working. Why do they allow it?
I wonder just what things look like in Ilhan Omar's district? Mind you, I don't wonder enough to actually want to drive into that district and look around! Nosiree. I have a nice car now and I want to keep it that way!
Also: I'm surprised that some of these liberal cities haven't made it illegal for poor neighborhoods to look poor. I mean, it reflects poorly on the liberal thrust of the city's programs -- makes it look like they aren't working. Why do they allow it?
I wonder just what things look like in Ilhan Omar's district? Mind you, I don't wonder enough to actually want to drive into that district and look around! Nosiree. I have a nice car now and I want to keep it that way!
Posted by: Dana Mathewson at April 19, 2019 06:06 PM (rIYC+)
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Yeah, Dana, and if you drive a nice car through Omar's hood you'll disrupt the algorithms of the computers and push them into a higher bracket, probably cutting off aid. You're a public benefactor for staying out of Islamic Detroit...
Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at April 20, 2019 07:05 AM (Kky0i)
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