Governments are chasing AI investment, even as their publics turn against the technology and the data centers that power it.
Canada’s Mark Carney has chosen a shameless approach: to cast the opposition as a lack of “literacy” as he sets out to (re)educate Canadians about the benefits of AI.
The many problems with Mark Carney’s AI strategy for Canadians
Its almost as if the problem is vehicles and more importantly the people who drive them. Too bad we don't believe in holding driver accountable while operating danger machinery. I'm sure we will just put concrete bollards everywhere, that will fix the problem👌
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Seven people were injured and taken to hospital after a vehicle crashed through an exterior wall of a shopping mall in London, Ont., and entered a north-end gym on Friday.
RELEASE: We strongly condemn the government's decision to block further debate of #BillC22 amendments.
The bill is not ready to go, gov knows it, and every person in 🇨🇦's privacy will pay the cost if the House passes it and Senate does not intervene. #cdnpoli
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The Ontario government approved a medical transcription tool from a company listing testimonials from two doctors who don't seem to exist.
That company is also linked to what we think is an AI-generated news site
A collab with the great team at TVO
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These are the 30 women killed since 2020 in Northern Ireland, all by white men
21 killed in their homes by men they knew. The youngest 20, the oldest 82
21 were mothers, 4 were killed with their children in the home. Two were pregnant
Nobody rioted over their murders
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Imagine your government having a Minister of Artificial Intelligence and this kind of thing not being part of their mandate.
Website touts testimonials from doctors who may not exist, investigation finds
OpenMedia condemns ramming through of secret-order regime days before the House rises
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Alberta enacts a U.S.-style two-tier health care system
By playing to corporate and surgeon greed, Alberta is undermining the entire Canada Health Act and our public system
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In at least 21 of the 30 deaths, the killers - or the suspects in their killings - were well-known to the women.
It’s the same with Carney’s “AI for All” strategy that is not really a strategy: it didn’t identify any real problems to solve.
The only “problem” is that Canadians aren’t using “AI” enough. That’s why the National AI Literacy Initiative was proposed: to educate or cure Canadians of that problem.
I’ve officially resigned as Associate Editor for Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. It used to be a reputable journal, but became a case study in how forced automation destroys academic integrity. 👇
