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,...

When I talk to people about AI, inevitably we land on the topic of killer robots. This image of The Terminator and other superintelligent...

Many of the thorny ethical issues surrounding AI arise when it is used to make predictions about people, particularly predictions that...

In February 2019, I gathered in a jam packed hotel ballroom in downtown Edmonton to hear Dr. Safiya Noble talk about her book Algorithms...

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

I'm re-reading Shoshana Zuboff's The Age of Surveillance Capitalism - the first book selected by the Women in AI Ethics bookclub for...

Reflecting back on 2020, one of the things that fuelled me is great conversations. This past fall, I was incredibly fortunate to speak...

This is the time of year when I get reflective, taking stock of the last 12 months while looking ahead to the coming year. To say it's...

How we currently build AI is fundamentally flawed. We need new principles and a new process to build intelligent machines that are able...

Recently, I was on an email thread where a templated email was reused out of context leading to a slightly confusing and funny exchange...

I had a chance to catch two amazing presentation in the past two days - cyber-security expert Bruce Schneier and distinguished computer...

Entrepreneurship is something we romanticize but the reality is a lot of hard work and outcomes that are far from certain. I've had some...

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...

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....

My first job after finishing my undergrad in the mid 90's was Research Coordinator for Metroline Research. I helped manage the Vancouver...

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....

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

They paved paradise (and put up a parking lot) It was the combination of being in NYC and a references to asphalt that made me think...

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

I'm in NYC for the AI, Ethics and Society conference. Tonight, our opening keynote speaker was Charlton McIlwain who recently published a...