BBC HorizonThe Age of Big Data.docx
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InLosAngeles,aremarkableexperimentisunderway.
Facethewall,facethewallbeforeIputyouinhandcuffs.
Thepolicearetryingtopredictcrimebeforeitevenhappens.
Itactuallygivesusaforecastaboutwherecrimeismostlikelytohappeninthenext12hours.
IntheCityofLondon,thisscientist-turned-traderbelieveshe'sfoundthesecretofmakingmillions,withmaths.
Thepotentialtodothingswithdataisfantastic,fantastic.
AndinSouthAfrica,thisstar-gazerhassetouttocataloguetheentirecosmos,bylisteningtoeverysinglestar.
Whatunitesthesedifferentworldsisanexplosionindata.Thevolumeofit,thedynamicnatureofthedataischanginghowweliveourlives.
Injustthelastfewyears,we'veproducedmoredatathaninallofhumanhistory.
Inthisfilm,wefollowthepeoplewhoareminingthisdata.
It'ssettobecomeoneofthegreatestsourcesofpowerinthe21stcentury.
6am,LosAngeles.ThestartofshiftintheFoothilldivision.
OfficerSteveNunes,a12-year-veteranoftheLAPD,andhispartnerDannyFraserheadouttopatrol.
Rightnow,we'renorthofLosAngeles,downtownLosAngeles,intheSanFernandoValleyarea.
TheirbeatisoneofLA'stoughestneighbourhoods.
There'salotofBFMVs,burglaryfrommotorvehicles.
There'salotofrobberies,there'salotofgangandnarcoticactivityoverhere.
There'salotofpeoplesellingdrugs.
Thegangthat'sinthisareaarecalledtheProjectBoys.
They'reaHispanicgang.
Despitetheirexperienceandintimateknowledgeoftheneighbourhood,today,theirpatrolisbeingcontrolledbyacomputeralgorithm.
Youknow,Iwasn'treallytoohappyaboutit,youknow,speciallyasapoliceofficeryouknow,wekindofgooffofwhatweknowfromourtraining.
Weweren'ttoohappyaboutacomputertellinguswhereweneedtodoourpoliceworkandwhatareaweneedtodrivearound.
SteveandDannyarepartofaground-breakingtrial.
Anequationisbeingusedtopredictwherecrimewilloccurontheirwatch.
Isawsomepeoplehangingoutbythelaundry,likethelittlelaundry.
Icanseethecorner.
Allright,let'sstop.
Ifitspredictionsarecorrect,thesystemwillberolledoutacrossallLA.
-Hey,stop,yeah,stop.-Stop.
Putyourhandsonyourhead.
AndthecomputeralgorithmwillbecomearoutinepartofSteve'sworkinglife.
Spreadyourfeet,faceforward.
-Haveanythingonyou?
-Stopmoving.
Facethewall,facethewallbeforeIputyouinhandcuffs.
YouaProjectBoytooorno?
TheambitiontopredictcrimewasbornoutofaremarkablecollaborationbetweentheLAPD...
andtheUniversityofCalifornia.
JeffBrantinghammightseemanunlikelycrimefighter.
Aprofessorofanthropology,heisanexpertonremotehunter-gatherertribesinChina,buthe'sconvinced
thatfromremoteChinatoganglandLA,allhumanbehaviourisfarmorepredictable
thanyoumightliketobelieve.
Weallliketothinkthatweareincontrolofeverything,butinfactallofourbehaviourisveryregular,verypatternedinwaysthatisoftenfrighteningtous.
Offendersarenodifferent.
Theydoexactlythesamethingsoverandoverandoveragain,andtheircriminaloffendingpatternsemergerightoutofthatregularityoftheirbehaviour.
JeffbelievedhecouldfindrepeatingpatternsofcriminalbehaviourintheLAPD'svastdataset-
13millioncrimesrecordedover80years.
TheLAPDhavedrovesanddrovesofdataaboutwhereandwhencrimeshavebeenoccurring.
Itrepresentsatreasuretroveofpotentialinformationforunderstandingthenatureofcrime.
TheLAPDalreadyusetheircrimedatatoidentifyhotspotsofcrime,butthatonlytellsthemwherecrimehasalreadystruck.
We'vegottenverygoodatlookingatdotsonamap,andwhere,wherecrimehasoccurredandtheproblemwiththatisthat,sometimes,you'remakinganassumptionthattodayisthesameasyesterday.
JeffBrantinghamplannedtodosomethingmoreradicalandmoreusefulpredictthefuture.
Hebelievedhecouldusepatternsinthecrimedatatopredictwhereandwhencrimewaslikelytooccur.
We'velongusedthepatternsinnaturetomakepredictions.
Fromthesettingsun,
welearnedwhentoexpectthenewday.
Thephasesofthemoonallowedustoforecasttheebbandflowofthetides.
Andfromobservingthepatternsofthestars,wemasteredtheartofnavigation.
ButJeffBrantinghamwantedtodosomethingfarmoreambitious.
Hewantedtoteaseoutpatternsintheapparentchaosofhumanbehaviour,touncoverthemintheLAPD'svastdatasetof13millionpastcrimes.
Youcanhavegutfeelingsaboutthecrime,butultimately,youneedtothinkaboutworkinginamathematicalframework.
Becausemathematicsgivesyoutheabilitytounderstandexactlywhythingsarehappeningwithinthedatainawaythatgutfeelingsdonot.
Jeffneededanexpertinpatterndetection.
Heturnedtohiscolleague,UCLAmathematicianGeorgeMohler.
Asmathematicians,we'reinterestedinunderstandingwhat'saroundyouso,youknow,howdowavespropagateifyouthrowapebbleintothewater?
Thedistributionoftreesinaforest.
Somathematicalmodels
canhelpyouunderstandthosetypesofthings.
Georgecouldusemathematicaltoolstoseewhatwashiddeninthecrimedata.
Andtherewerehintsofapatterninit.
Whatyouseeisthatafteracrimeoccurs,there'sanelevatedriskandthatrisktravelstoneighbouringregions.
Sowhatwewantedtodoisdevelopamodeltotakethatintoaccountsopolicecouldmaybeusethatinformationtopreventthosecrimesfromoccurring.
Hestartedwithamathematicalmodelthatwasalreadybeingused,righthereonthewestcoastofAmerica.
SouthernCaliforniaisearthquakecountry.
SittingontheSanAndreasFault,there'sanaverageof10,000earthquakesandafter-shockseveryyear.
Thebiggestfor100yearswastheLomaPrietaearthquakeof1989.
Itsepicentrewashere,justoutsideSantaCruz,California.
Thereisquitesimplynomathematicalmodelthatcanpredictanearthquakelikethisone.
Butaftertheearthquakecometheafter-shocksandthat'sadifferentmatter.
Sowe'reseveralhundredmetresfromtheepicentre.
Nearbywasoneoftheafter-shocksoftheoriginalLomaPrietaearthquake.
Afteralargeearthquakeoccurs,thereisaprobabilitythatanotherearthquakewillfollownearbyinspaceandtime.
Georgediscoveredseismologistshadfoundapatterntoearthquakeafter-shocksanddevelopedanalgorithmtopredicttheseafter-shockclusters.
Thesetypesofclusteringpatternsarealsoseenincrimedata.
So,afteracrimeoccurs,youwillseeanincreasedlikelihoodoffutureeventsnearbyinspaceandtime.
Youcanthinkofthemasafter-shocksofcrime.
GeorgeandJefftooktheequationforpredictingearthquakeafter-shocksandbegantoadaptittopredictcrime.
Sothemodelisbrokenintoseveralparts,sotheoverallrateofcrime,whichwe'llcallLamda,modelstherateofeventsinspaceandtime.
WeusetheGreekletterMyutorepresentthebackgroundamountofcrimethat'sgoingon.
ThesecondcomponenttoLamdaisG.
Gmodelsthedistributionofcrimesfollowinganinitialevent.
Thiswholetermoveralldescribeswhatwecallself-excitation,thatacrimethatoccurstodayactuallyself-excitesthepossibilityoffuturecrimes.
SoLamdaequalsMyuplusG,isthatright?
Well,sortof,soLamdaequalsMyuplusGpositionedatallthepasteventsinyourdataset.
GeorgeandJefftooktheiralgorithmbacktothestreetsofLA.
Whentheypluggedtheoldcrimedataintotheequation,itgeneratedpredictionsthatfittedwhathadhappenedinthepast.
Butcoulditalsopredictthefuture?
Theybegantoproducedailycrimeforecasts,identifyinghotspotswherecrimewaslikelytostrikeinthefuture.
-Adam11,Nunes.-Sir
-Thern.-Sir.
-Adam23,Fowler.-Sir.
-Wallier.-Sir.
Let'sgotothemissionmapsifyouwould,please.
Today,theLAPDisputtingthesepredictionstothetest.
ThecopsinFoothillareassignedboxesofjust500squarefeetwherethealgorithmpredictscrimeismostlikelytooccurintheir12-hourwatch.
Right,predictivemissionfortodayis,we'vegot15boxesheretoaddress,inAdam11'sarea,12260FoothillBoulevard.
They'reinstructedtohittheirboxesasoftenastheycan.
OsborneandFoothillBoulevard.
Soyou'vegotyourmissionfortheday?
Solet'sgooutthere,havefunandbesafe.
Yeah,thereisahomicideblinkingupthere.
ThetrialismonitoredattheRealTimeCrimeCentreindowntownLA.
Whatwe'relookingathereistheforecastthatwasproducedbythePredPolsoftware.
Soifyouseeonthecentreofthismap,we'vegotthreenearlycontiguousforecastboxesaroundthisarea,andthenanadjacentone.
Sothisisgoodinformationfortheofficers.
Theycangooutthere,workupanddownthatstreet,Sheldon,andsomeofthosesidestreets,andlookforcriminalactivityorevidencethatcriminalactivitymightbeafoot.
OK,Roger,we'lltakeit.
SteveandDannyhavegotthewordtogo.
Themodelhaspredictedcarcrimeinaboxontheirbeat.
Youknowwhatthecallisright?
Thefiveincidentsweremacerated.
Lookslikeit'sakid.
Yeah,it'sthesameaddressasthatkidthatwehadyesterday.
Suspectsfour,male...Whentheyreachtheirassignedhotspot,theyfindacold-platedcar.
Thelicenceplatesdon'tmatchthevehicle.
They'regettingwhattheyneed,huh?
Whentheycallthenumberin,itturnsoutthecar'sbeenstolen.
Itwasanareawherethere'salotofGTAs,whichis"Grandtheftauto",peoplewerestealingcars.
Rightoutofrollcall,rightwhenwegotdownoneoftheboxestheywentinto,oneoftheareastheystartedpatrolling,rightawaytheyranacaranditcamebackstolen.
InFoothill,theyfoundusi
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