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Mar 17, 20223 min read
Myths & Reality: AI and the Law Part 2
The Digital Law Innovation Society is a student-led group at the University of Alberta that plays at the intersection of technology and...
Mar 16, 20225 min read
Office Hours: Here’s what startups want to know about AI ethics
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...
Mar 16, 20223 min read
Myths & Reality: AI and the Law Part 1
The Digital Law Innovation Society is a student-led group at the University of Alberta that plays at the intersection of technology and...
Jan 17, 20223 min read
Targeting AI Ethics: Data, Models, and People
Artificial Intelligence is a powerful technology that is shaping our world. Some AI systems can deliver harmful, discriminatory outcomes...
Nov 1, 20214 min read
The algorithmic risks of ordering a cheeseburger
Until recently, the risks of ordering a cheeseburger at your local mom and pop diner might have been thought about mostly in dietary...
Apr 7, 20213 min read
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...
Mar 7, 20215 min read
Book Review: Privacy in Context
In 2010, Mark Zuckerberg famously said “the age of privacy is over”. (Kirkpatrick, 2010) He’s walked back that statement in the ensuing...
Feb 9, 20211 min read
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...
Nov 28, 20205 min read
Book Review: Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control
How we currently build AI is fundamentally flawed. We need new principles and a new process to build intelligent machines that are able...
Oct 29, 20205 min read
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...
Oct 2, 20203 min read
Cut and paste culture: The hidden cost of reusing data
Recently, I was on an email thread where a templated email was reused out of context leading to a slightly confusing and funny exchange...
Sep 17, 20203 min read
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...
Feb 2, 20204 min read
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, 20205 min read
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...
Nov 3, 20195 min read
In too Deep: Are we missing the bigger picture for AI?
If I were writing an equation to summarize the general state of artificial intelligence today it might look like this: AI = ML = DNN...
Oct 9, 20193 min read
When data knows us better than we know ourselves
A few months ago, I was enticed by a special offer from 23andMe. I'd been on the fence about genetic testing for some time. Like the...
