The Digital Law Innovation Society is a student-led group at the University of Alberta that plays at the intersection of technology and...

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...

The Digital Law Innovation Society is a student-led group at the University of Alberta that plays at the intersection of technology and...

Online personality assessment tests are increasingly being used in the recruitment process by a wide range of organizations. These...

Marshall McLuhan famously said the medium is the message. This quote suggests that we need to pay attention to communication channels -...

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...

Artificial Intelligence is a powerful technology that is shaping our world. Some AI systems can deliver harmful, discriminatory outcomes...

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,...

Until recently, the risks of ordering a cheeseburger at your local mom and pop diner might have been thought about mostly in dietary...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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