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- 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...

- 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...

- Feb 9, 2021
- 1 min
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...

- Oct 29, 2020
- 5 min
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...

- Sep 17, 2020
- 3 min
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...

- Sep 15, 2020
- 2 min
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....

- Aug 14, 2020
- 4 min
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"...

- Jul 23, 2020
- 4 min
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...

- May 23, 2020
- 4 min
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....

- Apr 17, 2020
- 5 min
“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...

- Feb 7, 2020
- 4 min
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...

- Feb 2, 2020
- 4 min
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...

- Jan 17, 2020
- 5 min
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...