Barbados

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TL;DR: Barbados’ motor insurers collectively possess years of claims data showing when, where and under what circumstances accidents occur. What if insurers pooled selected, anonymised data and used it to warn motorists about historically high-risk days, times and locations? A Friday-morning Facebook post, TikTok video, Instagram post or email might tell motorists that historical claims…

Read More What if insurers used yesterday’s accidents to prevent tomorrow’s?
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Artificial intelligence is often discussed in Barbados in terms of technology, productivity and innovation (see here and here) As a Barbadian, and a technologist, there’s a question that I think may need further in-depth analysis: What happens when AI meets the structure of the Barbadian labour market? Note: This article is intended to explore and…

Read More How Vulnerable Are Barbados Jobs to Artificial Intelligence?
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NOTE: This article was originally published on our sister blog: www.barbadoscrimeblog.com Introduction Around the second week of June, I decided to launch an online poll that asked one simple question: “How safe do you feel living in Barbados today?” This was not meant to be a formal survey (while that would have been more rigorous,…

Read More Barbados Safety Poll – June 2025: Background and Respondent Profile (Part 1)