How a computer used ‘gut instinct’ to win at no-limit Texas Hold ‘Em
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View ArticleAs the age of AI looms, what is the future for labour and unions?
Christo Aivalis is a postdoctoral fellow in the history department at the University of Toronto. He is the author of The Constant Liberal: Pierre Trudeau, Organized Labour, and the Canadian Social...
View ArticleWhat happens when artificial intelligence comes to Ottawa
There is a notion that the choices a computer algorithm makes on our behalf are neutral and somehow more reliable than our notoriously faulty human decision-making. But, as a new report presented on...
View ArticleThe USMCA locks Canada in on digital trade—and at a worrying time
Teresa Scassa is the Canada Research Chair in information law and policy at the University of Ottawa, and is a member of the Centre For Law, Technology, and Society. The global economy is entering a...
View ArticleAn arms race that Canada could actually win
Canada has always sat out arms races of the past. When Britain and Germany were building ever-bigger battleships before the First World War, we didn’t even have a navy. In the Second World War, our...
View ArticleWhat does artificial intelligence mean for our world?
While studying cancer biology as a health sciences student at McMaster University in 2016, Andrew Leber started to wonder how artificial intelligence might help diagnose and improve cancer treatments....
View ArticleTech leader Martin Kon wants you to give AI chatbots a chance
The robots are coming. Well, technically, they’re already here, but Martin Kon just arrived. Fresh off a stint as YouTube’s chief financial officer—where he and his team launched the platform’s...
View ArticleMy students are using ChatGPT to write papers and exams—and I support it
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View ArticleThe Power List 2023
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View ArticleThe Power List: Ivan Zhang, Aidan Gomez & Nick Frosst are creating a smarter,...
AI Trailblazers No.1: Ivan Zhang, Aidan Gomez & Nick Frosst READ: The Power List: AI top 10 If you’ve communicated with your bank lately—or a retail store or internet provider—the person on the...
View ArticleAs the age of AI looms, what is the future for labour and unions?
Christo Aivalis is a postdoctoral fellow in the history department at the University of Toronto. He is the author of The Constant Liberal: Pierre Trudeau, Organized Labour, and the Canadian Social...
View ArticleWhat happens when artificial intelligence comes to Ottawa
There is a notion that the choices a computer algorithm makes on our behalf are neutral and somehow more reliable than our notoriously faulty human decision-making. But, as a new report presented on...
View ArticleThe USMCA locks Canada in on digital trade—and at a worrying time
Teresa Scassa is the Canada Research Chair in information law and policy at the University of Ottawa, and is a member of the Centre For Law, Technology, and Society. The global economy is entering a...
View ArticleAn arms race that Canada could actually win
Canada has always sat out arms races of the past. When Britain and Germany were building ever-bigger battleships before the First World War, we didn’t even have a navy. In the Second World War, our...
View ArticleWhat does artificial intelligence mean for our world?
While studying cancer biology as a health sciences student at McMaster University in 2016, Andrew Leber started to wonder how artificial intelligence might help diagnose and improve cancer treatments....
View ArticleTech leader Martin Kon wants you to give AI chatbots a chance
The robots are coming. Well, technically, they’re already here, but Martin Kon just arrived. Fresh off a stint as YouTube’s chief financial officer—where he and his team launched the platform’s...
View ArticleThe Age of AI
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