There’s something about seeing the hard, cold numbers globally tracking the coronavirus that’s turned average people into armchair...

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

My research focus is on AI researchers and how they are navigating ethical considerations in their work. I’m exploring issues around...

Years ago, I attended a leadership program at the Banff Centre. The first team building exercise involved being strapped into a harness,...

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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...

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

In a post-Christmas shopping spree, my husband brought home "an amazing deal" - a Ring doorbell bundled with an Amazon Echo. He had no...

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...

This week I'm getting started on my literature review. I'm trying to craft a list of core values that are part of the DNA of AI systems...

Last night I was at a talk on ethics and bias hosted by Women in Big Data. One of the presenters mentioned the Harvard Implicit...

A month ago, I attended a masterclass with author Candace Savage. It was a primer on historical research and how to use fragments of data...

There are these two young fish swimming along, and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says,...

If I were writing an equation to summarize the general state of artificial intelligence today it might look like this: AI = ML = DNN...

I’m procrastinating from my “real work” to write this post. I have exactly a week to get my annotated bibliography assignment done but...

I hate working out. But I dutifully drag myself to the gym a couple times a week. Recently, I’ve been going to Orangetheory Fitness. For...

This blog is serving a dual purpose for me. It's both a space to share information I’m discovering and a place to work through the...

I can’t take credit for the title of this post but it sums up an issue that we all face - we trade our privacy for convenience. This line...

Ethical behaviour is culturally contextual and constantly evolving. Our not too distant past is filled with discriminatory behaviours and...