Healthcare

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...

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...

Hate Over Health: Understanding racial discrimination in the age of COVID-19

I had the great pleasure of sharing the virtual stage tonight with Dr. Cheryl Prescod, Executive Director of the Black Creek Community...

How much of my data belongs to me? The Henrietta Lacks Story

Imagine these two scenarios...you're at work and you've just polished off a latte. You throw the cup in the lunchroom garbage but...

That's a wrap: Thanking my community and planning next steps

I'm thrilled to say - I am DONE! I handed in my final research paper this week and now I await graduation. I have been fortunate to have...

Conferences and pumpkin-spice lattes

It's definitely fall. The air is cooler, the leaves are turning shades of red, pumpkin-spice lattes are back and it's conference season....

Healthcare data and the tragedy of the anti-commons

Recently, my city passed a bylaw that makes mask wearing mandatory in all indoor spaces. I'm in Canada where "to mask or not to mask"...

Scaling Healthcare to enable an AI4Health Future

I submitted my draft Findings and Discussions chapter this weekend! I’m now on a rare break from my research project as I await some...

Research update: collecting data, prepping for a presentation and "COVID-izing" my work

Generally when things are quiet on the blog, it means I'm really busy with my research. That's certainly been the case this past month....

“Glassholes” and toilet paper: Consumer attitudes about AI

Back in 2013, Google launched Google Glass. It was hailed at that time as a technology set to revolutionize how we interact with the...

Mend it or end it, who decides? Day One of the AI, Ethics and Society Conference

It's been a super full day exploring the landscape surrounding the many societal questions relating to artificial intelligence and...

Setting the stage for AI in healthcare: CIFAR's AI for Health Townhall

Recently, I participated in CIFAR's AI for Health townhall. The purpose of the meeting was to gather feedback on a draft framework that...

Scenes from a Literature Review: Healthcare and AI

I'm having that moment of guilt when you realize that your last blog was close to two months ago! Time to dust off the cobwebs with an...