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...

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...

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....

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"...

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...

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....

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...

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

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

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...