AI for Social Good

What is intelligence? Does it require ethical research, group think or just a well-programmed code? Today, intelligence has an added layer of data and computing power. And AI, a still emerging technology, poses both opportunities and risks. Navneet Alang is a Tech Journalist for the Toronto Star. He talks about AI’s narrative of progress, its limits and the need for humans to change–not just techn...

Audiences aren’t the same post-pandemic. Society has changed socially, technologically and ecologically. To move through the challenge of the last few years, art might be the only industry uniquely positioned to create the kind of change needed to shift towards an innovation mindset. Mariel Marshall is the Artist and Entrepreneur of Bluemouth Inc. and Tandem Experiences.    She talk...

Hospitals have seen increased patient registration since the pandemic. There is a massive need to solve problems old and new with expediency. Engineers and Data Scientists have started creating, innovating and changing the face of how patients receive care once they enter the doors of a hospital Triage. Dr. Devin Singh , an emergency physician at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), holds a...

There’s much excitement around AI in business, but a lot of open questions, too. How can AI transform your organization? And where do you even begin? Craig Alleva is the Director of Customer Engineering for Google Cloud in Canada. In this role, he collaborates with organizations across Canada to apply AI-powered Cloud solutions to transform their ways of working. He has experienced first-hand the...

AI technology has made the search for the perfect job candidate more efficient and convenient for employers. But there isn’t enough attention being paid to what that means for marginalized groups. It’s important to acknowledge and counteract the possibility for bias and discrimination that the algorithm could introduce in the hiring process. Dr. Golnoosh Farnadi is an Assistant Professor in Comput...

Energy use and Emissions are the climate topics of the day. If we narrow the conversation down to emissions, we have to talk about one of the top three contributors to greenhouse gas emissions: transportation. This means commercial vehicles have the potential to make the most impact on climate change if deployed in a sustainable and efficient manner. Mike Branch is the Vice President of Data and A...

When a machine can perform tasks that normally require humans, and potentially mimic or surpass them, this can be referred to as “artificial” intelligence. But when human ingenuity is applied to AI, it opens up a world of possibilities. This is currently evident in degrading ecosystems, climate change, food insecurity and a pandemic, to name a few. Unfortunately, not enough of this technological a...