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- Apr 29
- 4 min
Hype: Lessons from the cannabis industry about over selling opportunity
It’s easier to sell a dream than it is reality. This headline kicks off an in depth piece in Canadian Business by Edmonton-based writer...

- Apr 21
- 4 min
Metrics and Meritocracy
“Fully many a flower is born to blush unseen” Thomas Gray Metrics provide tangible proof of performance while merit provides a moral...

- Mar 17
- 3 min
Myths & Reality: AI and the Law Part 2
The Digital Law Innovation Society is a student-led group at the University of Alberta that plays at the intersection of technology and...

- Mar 17
- 5 min
Office Hours: Here’s what startups want to know about AI ethics
What's on the mind of startups when it comes to AI ethics? I’ve been hosting office hours with Startup Edmonton. These are confidential...

- Mar 17
- 3 min
Myths & Reality: AI and the Law Part 1
The Digital Law Innovation Society is a student-led group at the University of Alberta that plays at the intersection of technology and...

- Mar 1
- 13 min
Responsible Innovation: Would you let an algorithm shortlist you for the job?
Online personality assessment tests are increasingly being used in the recruitment process by a wide range of organizations. These...

- Feb 11
- 3 min
Love in a Time of Big Data
If it were up to an algorithm, I’m sure I would have never met my husband. I missed (escaped!) the whole online dating and dating app...

- Feb 2
- 3 min
Can we solve big problems on digital post-it notes?
Marshall McLuhan famously said the medium is the message. This quote suggests that we need to pay attention to communication channels -...

- Jan 28
- 2 min
Dear Neighbour, I’m not joining Nextdoor. Here’s why:
I recently received a letter from a neighbour asking me to join Nextdoor. Actually, it wasn’t really from a neighbour. It was a form...

- Jan 18
- 3 min
Targeting AI Ethics: Data, Models, and People
Artificial Intelligence is a powerful technology that is shaping our world. Some AI systems can deliver harmful, discriminatory outcomes...

- Nov 30, 2021
- 6 min
Book Review: Genius Makers: The Mavericks Who Brought AI to Google, Facebook and the World
What does it mean to be smart? This is the opening question posed in Cade Metz’s Genius Makers: The Mavericks Who Brought AI to Google,...

- Nov 1, 2021
- 4 min
The algorithmic risks of ordering a cheeseburger
Until recently, the risks of ordering a cheeseburger at your local mom and pop diner might have been thought about mostly in dietary...

- Sep 22, 2021
- 3 min
Robots, the cure for loneliness?
When I talk to people about AI, inevitably we land on the topic of killer robots. This image of The Terminator and other superintelligent...

- Aug 20, 2021
- 2 min
Summer Sessions
The city is crowded, my friends are away And I'm on my own It's too hot to handle, so I got to get up and go - Cruel Summer, Bananarama...

- May 24, 2021
- 4 min
AI and EDI: reflections on making BlackTalk - a new podcast
Last week Google announced a new dermatology app the doesn’t work on darker skinned people. A few days earlier, 60 Minutes did a piece on...

- Apr 7, 2021
- 3 min
Prediction is the problem, predictability is the solution?
Many of the thorny ethical issues surrounding AI arise when it is used to make predictions about people, particularly predictions that...

- Apr 4, 2021
- 1 min
Entrepreneur Diary Series: Reflections on Start Up Life
It's been awhile since I've posted about entrepreneurial life. I've been so busy working in my startup that I haven't had the time to...

- Mar 19, 2021
- 3 min
Whistleblowing, there’s an app for that.
I recently learned that companies can outsource corporate whistleblowing to a piece of software, confirming that there really is an app...

- Mar 7, 2021
- 5 min
Book Review: Privacy in Context
In 2010, Mark Zuckerberg famously said “the age of privacy is over”. (Kirkpatrick, 2010) He’s walked back that statement in the ensuing...

- Feb 25, 2021
- 3 min
Search algorithms continue to oppress
In February 2019, I gathered in a jam packed hotel ballroom in downtown Edmonton to hear Dr. Safiya Noble talk about her book Algorithms...