Approximately Correct: An AI Podcast from Amii

With generative AI becoming more and more powerful, seeing is no longer believing. Amii Fellow and Canada CIFAR AI Chair James Wright joins hosts Alona Fyshe and Scott Lilwall to tell the truth about telling lies. Wright talks about his work on disinformation, how artificial intelligence is affecting how we view information online, and why it’s much more complicated than just a technical question....

At the end of May, thousands of AI researchers, enthusiasts and industry leaders will meet in Edmonton for Amii’s annual Upper Bound conference. It’s an event built on collaboration and sharing the latest in artificial intelligence. In this episode, Scott talks to Amii CEO Cam Linke and Amii’s Director of Academic Relations Rosa Ellithorpe about why openness is an important part of the field and h...

In this episode, we’ve got a chat with legendary engineer, innovator and video game developer John Carmack Carmack sat down for a fireside chat with Amii Fellow and Canada CIFAR AI Chair Micheal Bowling to discuss the future of artificial general intelligence, the importance of an open-source philosophy while working on ground-breaking ideas, and a look back at how Carmack’s work on Wolfenstein an...

We’re gearing up for Amii’s world-class Upper Bound AI conference at the end of May, and we wanted to share one of last year’s most popular sessions. Enjoy this taste of AI researcher Finbarr Timbers’ fantastic talk on the origins of  ChatGPT, how it has evolved and the huge impact when it was released at the end of 2022. Y ou can see Finbarr’s full presentation here . He’ll be back again for anot...

Back in late 2022, Alona Fyshe was working on a TED Talk about how we evaluate the performance of Large Language Models. Little did she know, there was something big on the horizon. In this episode, Alona tells co-host Scott Lilwall about how the release of ChatGPT shook the field of Natural Language Processing (and made her rethink her entire talk.)It’s a story about how we test machine learning...

In this Sidebar episode, we hear from Amii Fellow Xingyu Li about her work in using AI to highlight vital information in medical data. Xingyu shares insights into her work on visual anomaly detection and navigating the complexities of AI in healthcare while safeguarding patient privacy. She talks with Adam White, Amii’s Director of Scientific Operations about how to do more with scarce data, and t...

Artificial intelligence is already proving to be a powerful tool for the classroom. But it can be much more than that. Hosts Alona Fyshe and Scott Lilwall explore the ways that AI might change the way that we teach — and change the way that we think.  They’re joined by K-12 Education Advisor Jill Kowalchuk and Director of Scientific Operations Adam White to discuss AI literacy in the classroom. Wh...

In this Sidebar episode, we explore what draws AI researchers to the work that they do. Amii Fellow Bailey Kacsmar talks with Amii's Director of Scientific Operations Adam White about her research into human-centred privacy, why it’s more important than ever to think about how we protect data in AI and what the paradox privacy is. Production Credits: Lynda Vang - Producer, Chris Onciul - Video...

It started as an idea on a beach in Barbados, and now it’s one of the ways that researchers around the world evaluate AI. On this week’s episode, Amii Fellow and Canada CIFAR AI Chair Mike Bowling tells us the story behind the Atari benchmark and how video games from the 1980s can be used to test leading-edge AI. It’s a story of how a simple scientific curiosity can turn into something with a big...

Welcome to Approximately Correct! This brand-new podcast from Amii explores everything artificial intelligence: what’s happening now, and how it will change our future. We’re getting ready to release our first episodes featuring conversations with leaders in the field of AI. But until then, here’s a sneak peek from hosts Alone Fyshe and Scott Lilwall, where they share why you need to know more abo...