Ask AI Podcast: Recent Episodes
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The Ask AI podcast caught up with Charles C. Onu, the CEO and Co-Founder of Ubenwa Health, the Montreal startup whose Nanni mobile application enables professionals and parents to "shazam" baby cries in order to get actionable healthcare insights in hospital delivery rooms, nurseries, and homes.
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Ask AI caught up with Jared Lindzon, leading journalist (BBC, Toronto Star, Rolling Stone, New York Times, TIME) and top observer of the trends and forces that are shaping job skills, careers, the very nature of modern work itself.
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In Episode 53 of the Ask AI podcast, host Melissa meets with David Scharbach, a proud father, community builder, and founder of multiple major AI events, including the Toronto Machine Learning Series, MLOps World, Generative AI Summit, and Impulse AI Latam which has involved planning and coordinating over 100 individual events featuring more than 700 speakers.
As a key figure on the international AI scene for over a decade, his insights into what its like working with AI founders and researchers (whose natural disposition does not always tend towards active community engagment) are gold dust for those seeking to engage with them.
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In this episode of the Ask AI podcast, host Melissa Kargiannakis explores the intricate relationship between artificial intelligence, law, and technology with Dr. Maura Grossman, a lawyer, researcher, and a faculty member at the University of Waterloo and Osgoode Hall Law School.Their conversation delves into the nuances of AI in legal practices, emphasizing the significant impacts and potential pitfalls of AI tools like ChatGPT in legal documentation and court proceedings. Dr. Grossman's experience at the intersection of technology and law, including pioneering work in eDiscovery and Technology Assisted Review (TAR) provides a compelling perspective on the evolution of legal tech and its future trajectory.LINKS:Episode post: https://www.askai.org/post/e52-what-is-the-role-of-artificial-intelligence-in-modern-legal-systemsPodcast version: https://www.askai.org/podcastTHANKING OUR SPONSOR:Sincere thanks to series sponsor Cinchy, the enterprise Data Collaboration Platform that provides the cure for data complexity. ABOUT ASK AI:Ask AI is an independent nonprofit that's been dedicated to helping students, startups, and working professionals stay one step ahead of artificial intelligence disruption since 2017. Our volunteers produce a popular newsletter, podcast, videos, free events, and open research. Visit our website to subscribe and learn more about volunteering, content collaborations, and sponsorship opportunities.
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At first glance, the use of AI tools and the goal of delivering increasingly person-focused healthcare might seem at odds, and that might be true except for the fact that treating patients has become incredibly complicated. Combine that with a global shortage of healthcare professionals and suddendly a clearer role for artificial intelligence begins to emerge.In this episode, we meet Dr. Alexandra T. Greenhill, Founder, CEO, and Chief Medical Officer of Careteam Technologies to explore how she navigates the complexities of AI in healthcare, bridging the gap between what is possible and what's happening.Visit our episode post to get links to the podcast version and much more:https://www.askai.org/post/e51-how-is-ai-supporting-human-centered-healthcareEnterprise Data Collaboration? It's Cinchy!Special thanks to our series sponsor Cinchy, the enterprise Data Collaboration Platform that enables people, systems, and AI models to co-produce intelligent data products that can be reused for unlimited IT delivery projects while eliminating data integration and making it virtually impossible for people or AI models to violate data protection controls. Visit: https://link.cinchy.com/nehjInterested in artificial intelligence? Subscribe to the Ask AI newsletter to stay on top of news, people, and events PLUS receive our original content, open research, and special offers. Visit: https://www.askai.org
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If an AI model at a university performs an analysis of a large dataset and detects a new pattern, or generates a fresh insight, who should get the credit? The algorithm? The academic? Both?
Academic integrity is just one of the many ways in which artificial intelligence is poised to disrupt the lives of instructors and researchers at our top universities.
Tune into this episode of the Ask AI podcast as host Melissa Kagiannakis sits down with Dr. Christian Blouin, the Institutional Lead for AI Strategy at Dalhousie University, to learn how he is supporting its faculty though the disruption created by artificial intelligence.
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Responsible AI for the enterprise? It's Cinchy!
Special thanks to our series sponsor Cinchy, the enterprise Data Collaboration Platform that enables people, systems, and AI models to co-produce intelligent data products that can be reused for unlimited IT delivery projects while eliminating data integration and making it virtually impossible for people or AI models to violate data protection controls.
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Catch the Ask AI interview with Joelle Pineau, Vice President of AI Research at Meta, to learn about her AI journey, her work leading Meta’s FAIR teams from Montréal, and the importance of repeatability, openness, and diversity in AI research.
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Tune in to this Ask AI check-in as host Carolyne Pelletier meets David MacLaren, CEO and Founder of MediaValet to ask the question: How is AI being used to extend the impact of Dr. Jane Goodall's research?
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Catch the Ask AI interview with Stephany Lapierre, CEO and founder of Tealbook, the supplier data foundation that uses AI and ML to enable supply-side innovation and power e-procurement tech stacks.
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Catch the Ask AI interview with Amit Deshwar, VP and Head of Predictive Systems at Deep Genomics, the AI Workbench used to prioritize transformational RNA therapeutics for genetic diseases.
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Catch the Ask AI interview with Liran Belenzon, co-founder & CEO of BenchSci, the AI-assisted application accelerating science at 16 of the top 20 pharmaceutical companies and over 4,500 research centers worldwide.
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Tune in to this Ask AI interview as our host Melissa Kargianakkis meets Monish Gandhi, Founder & CEO of Gradient Ascent AI, to ask the question: Why are all businesses destined to become AI businesses?
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Catch this Ask AI interview with Arooj Ahmed Qureshi, Data Scientist at EnPowered, the Waterloo-based energy payment platform that predicts spikes in electricity prices, allowing customers to shift usage to save on average 48% on electricity costs while also reducing emissions.
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Catch this Ask AI team check-in with Yves Daoust, Founder and CTO at Winter Farm who were awarded $2.9M to use AI/ML to optimize greenhouse-based food production.
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Catch this Team Check-in with Greg Johnston, President of Carl Data Solutions, the Vancouver-based predictive analytics startup that recently signed an environmental monitoring deal with Los Angeles Sanitation Districts, a utility that serves over 5.6 million people.
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https://www.askai.org/post/e41-how-is-ai-powering-environmental-monitoring-in-major-cities
Tune in to this episode of the Ask AI podcast as our host Melissa Kargiannakis sits down with Dr. Alona Fyshe, Assistant Professor at University of Alberta to ask the question: How can brain activity improve how we teach computers to talk?
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Catch this Team Check-in with Ivan Zhang, co-founder at Cohere, the Toronto NLP startup that recently raised $125M in its Series B round and hired an AI leader from Apple to head up its new office in Palo Alto. Get all the links and download as a podcast from our episode post:
https://www.askai.org/post/e39-how-is-cohere-building-a-global-nlp-powerhouse
The first stethoscope was invented in 1819 by the French physician R.T.H. Laënnec who in described the use of a "perforated wooden cylinder" to transmit sounds from the patient’s chest to the physician’s ear.
Tune in to this episode of the Ask AI podcast as host Melissa Kargianakkis sits down with Dr. Jacob Jaremko, University of Alberta professor, Canada CIFAR AI Chair, and Co-founder, Medo.ai to ask:
How is artificial intelligence helping to create a stethoscope for the 21st century?
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Tune in to this episode of the Ask AI podcast as host Jaxson Khan sits down with Dr. Samuel Aparicio, the Chair in Breast Cancer Research at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and Head of the BC Cancer Research Institute Department of Breast and Molecular Oncology to ask the question:
How can AI be used to help predict breast cancer?
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https://www.askai.org/post/e37-how-is-ai-being-used-to-help-predict-breast-cancer
Farewell, Jaxson!
This is an especially poignant show because it's also Jaxson Khan's farewell interview with the Ask AI podcast. We cannot thank Jax enough for inspiring this podcast and being such an awesome and generous volunteer at our show.
He has been a passionate supporter of Canada's Artificial Intelligence sector for many years and we wish him nothing but the best of luck in the future!
We'll miss you lots Jax, please stay in touch!
Medical device manufacturers are now using AI to innovate their products to better assist healthcare providers and improve patient care. But clearly there are risks to be overcome. Tune in to this episode as our Team Check-In host Carolyne Pelletier sits dow with David Boudreau, Director General of Medical Devices at Health Canada to ask the question: How can AI-augmented medical devices be made safer?
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https://www.askai.org/post/e36-check-in-with-medical-devices-team-at-health-canada
Tune in to this episode of the Ask AI podcast as our host Melissa Kargiannakis sits down with Cory Janssen, Co-CEO and Co-founder at AltaML to ask the question: How is applied (and responsible) AI impacting enterprise competitiveness?
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About AltaML
Founded in 2018, AltaML (short for Alberta Machine Learning) is a start-up that was initiated, in part, to leverage the World-class AI/ML talent emerging from the University of Alberta (which is also home to Richard Sutton aka the 'father of reinforcement learning').
With a mandate to advance the Responsible AI ethos, AltaML’s customers are primarily enterprise organizations in healthcare, oil and gas, and construction that are undergoing a process of digital transformation and looking for predictive value from their data.
While many healthcare organizations have adopted virtual care to reach patients during COVID-19, these solutions lack the high resolution, scientifically calibrated images, sub-millimeter accuracy, and proper lighting that are critical to remotely assessing and treating wounds.
Tune in to this Team Check-In as host Carolyne Pelletier checks in with Justin Allport, Chief Engineer and Co-Founder at Swift Medical to ask the question:
How is AI advancing bedside wound treatment (and reducing patient exposure to COVID-19)?
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ABOUT ASK AI
Ask AI is a volunteer project exploring the fast-emerging artificial intelligence sector. Our projects include thought leader interviews, team check-ins, and live events. To learn more about sponsorships, guest blogs, and volunteering, please contact us or ask our chatbot.
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The Ask AI interview with Roxana Sultan, Vice President of Health at Toronto's World-renowned Vector Institute.
Get all the links from our episode post: https://www.askai.org//post/e33-is-ai-poised-to-make-major-breakthroughs-in-healthcare
Any oil spill is disastrous — ecologically, economically, and socially. Transport Canada estimates that there are approximately 20,000 oil tanker movements off the coasts of Canada each year, mostly on the Atlantic coast.
Tune in to this Ask AI Team Check-In as host Carolyne Pelletier checks in with Saeed Mohammadiun and Guanji Hu of the UBC Life Cycle Management Lab to ask the question:
How can AI help to mitigate catastrophic oil spills?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8THKoP5uYwI
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https://www.askai.org/post/e32-how-can-ai-help-to-mitigate-catastrophic-oil-spills
Tune in to this episode of the Ask AI podcast as host Jaxson Khan sits down with Mark Speaker, an industry leader with over 20 years of experience in guiding digital transformation and technology innovation to ask the question: How can AI make a positive impact in carbon-intensive industries?
Get all the links from our episode post: https://www.askai.org/post/episode-31-how-can-ai-make-an-impact-in-carbon-intensive-industries
Mark's remit is to support operational progress (including field worker productivity, industrial data collection and measurement, and the creation of digital twins) in critical economic sectors including utilities, oil and gas, forestry, pulp and paper, mining and manufacturing.
NEW FORMAT! Check out the first episode in our new "Team Check-Ins" where host Carolyne Pelletier drops in on some of the most advanced teams working in #ArtificiaIntelligence today. In this first show, she speaks with Bruce Duong, P.Eng. from the DICE team at Alberta Innovates to ask: How will the DICE program help Canada’s energy industry?
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Ask AI host Jaxson Khan sits down with Lawrence Richer, Vice-Dean, Clinical Research University of Alberta to ask the question: How do clinical researchers approach artificial intelligence technology?
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Ask AI is a volunteer project exploring Canada's fast-emerging artificial intelligence sector. Our projects include thought leader interviews, team check-ins, and live events. To learn more about sponsorships, guest blogs, and volunteering, please contact us or ask our chatbot.
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Tune in to this episode of the Ask AI podcast as host Melissa Kargiannakis sits down with Manal Siddiqui, CEO, and Pietro Gagliano, Chief Vision Officer at Transitional Forms to ask the question: How will AI create immersive content for the metaverse? It's an enlightening glimpse into the inner workings of this studio-lab that's creating the future of entertainment with Artificial Intelligence. Get the episode post with all links: askai.org
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Any organization with an IT team that consists of more than a few people faces the same question with virtually every new digital project: "Should we build, or buy?".
It's a ligitimate dilemma, with customization and IP assets on one side being weighed against lower cost and faster time-to-market on the other. That said, once SalesForce kicked off the era of SaaS applications 20 years ago, the decision has increasingly been "buy".
But when it comes to AI/ML projects, for all but the very largest organizations, the "build vs. buy" question has not traditionally been up for much debate. This is because the sheer volume of data required to undertake algorithmic training has been primarily the reserve of governments, universities, global finanacial institutions, and a handful of tech giants (who generally license parts of their AI/ML tech to startups and research teams). Furthermore, the high salaries and relative dearth of data science and data modelling talent has created real barriers to self-build AI project.
But what if someone else could build your AI/ML solution, similar to how thousands of organizations outsourced their websites and mobile apps to specialist agencies and "dev shops"?
Ask AI podcast host Melissa Kargiannakis sat down with Matthew Reyes, Co-founder, Hypotenuse Labs, and asked the question: How does an AI consultancy work?
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Ask AI is a volunteer project that’s increasing awareness and understanding of Canada’s artificial intelligence sector. Our projects include a podcast, chatbot, newsletter, and events. To learn more about sponsorship and volunteering please contact us or ask our chatbot, Emily.
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Ask AI host Jaxson Khan sits down with Anna Kazantseva, Research Officer for Indigenous Language Technologies at the National Research Council and asked the question:
Can AI help to preserve indigenous languages?
Visit our episode post to get all the story links: https://www.askai.org/post/episode-26-can-ai-help-preserve-indigenous-languages
ABOUT ASK AI
Ask AI is a volunteer project that’s increasing awareness and understanding of Canada’s artificial intelligence sector. Our projects include a podcast, chatbot, newsletter, and events. To learn more about sponsorship and volunteering please contact us or ask our chatbot, Emily.
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Tune into this episode of the Ask AI podcast where we sit down with Stéphane Létourneau, Executive Vice President at Mila, the Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms, to discuss the growth of the research center over the years, its impact on the Canadian AI ecosystem, and where it's headed. To get all the show links, visit our episode post: https://www.askai.org/post/what-goes-on-at-mila
Tune into this episode of the Ask AI podcast to catch our interview with Ashley Casovan, the Executive Director at AI Global and a pioneer who has helped shape public policy for the development of responsible artificial intelligence in Canada. To get all the show links, visit our episode post: https://www.askai.org/post/how-does-ai-global-help-put-ai-research-into-action-9
Tune in to this episode of the Ask AI podcast and learn how Dr. Carolyn Watters, Chief Digital Research Officer and Head of the Digital Technologies Research Centre at Canada’s National Research Council is working to support scientific discovery and business innovation in Canada, including the NRC’s pioneering work in machine learning, computer vision, and ethical AI. To get all the show links, visit our episode post: https://www.askai.org/post/how-does-canadas-nrc-support-artificial-intelligence-in-canada
Tune in to this episode of the Ask AI podcast and learn how Melissa Kargiannakis, Founder and CEO of Skritswap helps organizations simplify the way they communicate by applying artificial intelligence to complex documents and jargon in order to help make language clear, accessible and easy-to-understand. To get all the show links, visit our episode post: https://www.askai.org/post/can-artificial-intelligence-simplify-complex-jargon
In this episode of Ask AI podcast, we sit down with Henry Shi, Co-Founder at SnapTravel to learn more about their AI-powered messaging platform for booking hotels. Discover how SnapTravel is leveraging artificial intelligence to power the next evolution of e-commerce known as relationship-driven commerce, and how they have managed to thrive during the pandemic. To get all the show links, visit our episode post: https://www.askai.org/post/how-is-ai-evolving-ecommerce
Tune into this episode of the Ask AI podcast and catch-up with Jean-François Gagné, CEO of Element AI, one of the World’s largest AI startups. We explore his thoughts on how COVID-19 has impacted the AI sector in terms of governance, privacy, and ethics. We also explore his perspective on the role of government in enabling artificial intelligence and machine learning innovation. To get all the show links, visit our episode post: https://www.askai.org/post/whats-new-at-canadas-largest-ai-startup
In this episode of the Ask AI podcast, we speak with Dr. Foteini Agrafioti, Head of Borealis AI and RBC's Chief Science Officer who has helped to create a new online hub that provides AI developers and researchers with scientific research, research code, and training materials to support the inclusion of ethical dimensions within their projects. To get all the show links, visit our episode post:
https://www.askai.org/post/how-does-an-online-hub-for-ethical-artificial-intelligence-work
Fresh water is precious to life, we all know that. It's also finite. So it's probably a pretty good idea that we leverage every tool at our disposal to help make it last. Tune in to this episode of the Ask AI podcast and learn how Naysan Saran, CEO and co-founder of Montreal-based CannForecast is applying artificial intelligence and machine learning to improve safety at public beaches and predict municipal pipe maintenance issues to help conserve this precious, life giving substance. To get all the show links, visit our episode post: https://www.askai.org/post/how-can-artificial-intelligence-help-solve-urgent-water-issues
Tune in to this episode of the Ask AI podcast and learn how Dan DeMers, CEO and co-founder of Toronto-based Cinchy, has taken inspiration from the network-based design of the brain to develop Data Fabric technology that eliminates traditional integration, accelerates AI/ML projects, and supports universal, owner-defined access controls. To get all the show links, visit our episode post: https://www.askai.org/post/how-is-a-data-fabric-used-to-accelerate-ai-projects
This episode of the Ask AI podcast features a lively interview with Joe Canavan, CEO of Next Canada, one of Canada’s premier accelerators, and Patricia Thaine, CEO of Private AI (and member of the Next AI program) that’s using AI to make leading-edge privacy tools easier for developers to incorporate into their product designs. To get all the show links, visit our episode post: https://www.askai.org/post/how-does-next-ai-support-canadian-startups-like-private-ai
The Ask AI interview with Bin Liu, CEO & co-founder, iMerciv co-founder of Toronto-based iMerciv whose Mapinhood apps is using machine learning technology to augment the pedestrian experience for people with vision loss and blindness and helping city-dwellers to reduce their outdoor exposure to the COVID-19 virus. Visit our episode post to get all the show links: https://www.askai.org/post/artificial-intelligence-and-personal-navigation
This Ask AI interview with Carole Piovesan, Co-founder and Partner at INQ Data Law. With over a decade of experience in governmental policies and data law, Carole specializes in helping organizations not only on the legal side, but also the privacy and governance of data pertaining to AI. To get all the show links, visit our episode post: https://www.askai.org/post/why-is-it-important-to-have-a-data-strategy-before-an-ai-strategy
When designing for machine learning products and features, understanding mental models is crucial. Users need to feel like they understand how the machine came up with the result. Winter Wei, Design Lead at Kira Systems explains how she designs trust and interpretability into machine learning products. To get all the show links, visit our episode post: https://www.askai.org/post/can-trust-be-designed-into-artificial-intelligence
Who Says Accountants Are Boring? Well, basically everyone. But to be fair, in an increasingly complex world, having skills with money, data, fraud, and regulation is probably a good way to set yourself up with a job for life, and that in itself probably sounds pretty exciting to a lot of people. And now, thanks to Canada's MindBridge AI, there’s more good news on the horizon. To get all the show links, visit our episode post: https://www.askai.org/post/how-is-artificial-intelligence-building-technology-you-can-count-on
Canada’s Chief Information Officer is probably not what you expect. It’s not just in the passion for what he does, which is obvious, but the disarmingly direct way that he handles the tough questions associated with the development of Canada’s AI sector. Tune in to this episode to learn about innovation inside Canada’s Federal Government and to get a fascinating glimpse into the mind of one of the key leaders of its mission to modernize. To get all the show links, visit our episode post: https://www.askai.org/post/why-is-canada-federal-cio-on-a-mission-to-modernize
Our conversation with Ozge Yeloglu, Lead Data Scientist at Microsoft Canada Ozge Yeloglu has had to work hard to get to where she is today. In 1999, when she began her computer science degree, she still didn’t own a computer (or even know what a floppy disk was), but she persevered. Tune in to this episode as host Jaxson Khan (Nudge AI) learns more about Ozge's fascinating journey from a child in Turkey with a passion for tech to her role as Lead Data Scientist for Microsoft Canada. Visit our episode post to get all the show links: https://www.askai.org/post/what-was-ozge-yeloglu-amazing-journey-into-artificial-intelligence
In this first episode of our second series of the Ask AI podcast, we feature an in-depth discussion with Dr. Wendy Cukier, Director of the Diversity Institute at Ryerson University, and Mark Patterson, Executive Director of Magnet, the employment marketplace. Tune in to this episode as host Jaxson Khan (Nudge AI) dives into some of the most pressing issues surrounding diversity, artificial intelligence, and workplace automation in Canada. Visit our episode post to get all the show links: https://www.askai.org/post/how-will-artificial-intelligence-impact-the-future-of-work-in-canada
There’s no question that Microsoft is very much in the thick of the AI scene in Canada. But exactly what does the involvement of the tech giants represent to the development of AI in Canada? Are they potential roadblocks to innovation or essential supporters to research labs and startups? Tune in as Gladstone Grant, the National Director of Sales Solutions at Microsoft Technology Centres, makes the case for his company. Visit our episode post to get all the show links: https://www.askai.org/post/how-is-microsoft-supporting-canadian-artificial-intelligence
Canada's Michael Karlin has taken a novel community approach to AI policy development which has done a great deal to widen the public debate on how AI can (and should) be used. Tune in to this episode and hear the fascinating story of how Michael started with a simple Google Doc in order to tackle one the biggest policy and ethical issues of our time! Visit our episode post to get all the show links: https://www.askai.org/post/what-makes-canada-federal-approach-to-artificial-intelligence-unique
What would you do with $125 million and a mandate to advance artificial intelligence research and policy in Canada? This episode of the Ask AI podcast features an in depth interview with Dr. Elissa Strome of the Canadian Institute For Advanced Research. Visit our episode post to get all the show links: https://www.askai.org/post/what-is-the-pan-canadian-artificial-intelligence-strategy
The media is having a field day with stories, both good and bad, about artificial intelligence and its potential impact on humanity.
But who is covering that coverage?
This episode of the Ask AI podcast features an interview with Andrey Kurenkov, a founder of the Skynet Today blog.
Tune in and hear about Andrey’s work to dispel and correct the misunderstandings and myths within AI, get his views on today’s so-called “AI services”, and how we can prevent the next AI Winter. Enjoy!
This episode of the Ask AI podcast features an interview with Veronica Malinski, co-founder of Aerialytic, a Toronto startup (and Next Canada program graduate) that’s using artificial intelligence and augmented reality to increase the adoption of residential solar energy. Visit our episode post to get all the show links: https://www.askai.org/post/can-machine-learning-help-to-boost-residential-solar-adoption
This episode of the Ask AI podcast features an fascinating look at how AI technologies are impacting the legal profession, societal governance, and the delivery justice with Ben Alarie, CEO and co-founder of Blue J Legal, the Toronto-based machine learning company focused on legal research. Co-hosts Jaxson Khan and Heather Evans lead this lively discussion with one of Canada’s leading legal minds and a true pioneer in applied artificial intelligence.
The second episode of the Ask AI Podcast features an in-depth interview with Roy Pereira, CEO and founder of Zoom.Ai, the Toronto-based “chat first” virtual assistant for enterprise. Co-hosts Jaxson Khan (Nudge.ai) and Heather Evans (Government of Ontario) dig into the issues with serial entrepreneur Roy, including how to compete in enterprise software, what it really means to be “conversational”, and the ethical choices his AI-based company has faced. Visit our episode post to get all the show links: https://www.askai.org/post/how-do-you-build-the-chat-first-enterprise
Coming Soon! The Ask AI podcast is your window into Canada’s fast-moving artificial intelligence sector. Co-hosts and industry insiders Heather Evans (Ontario Ministry of Economic Development) and Jaxson Khan (Nudge AI) provide a lively and thoughtful review of this generational technology with news, interviews, field reports, and listener questions. Get a sense of what's coming with this teaser episode! Email us your questions about AI & workplace automation- podcast@askai.org or tweet to @askaiorg
What is bias? What is explainability? What are the REAL issues that we need to figure out first before scaling up this ground-breaking technology? Check out this awesome Ask AI interview with Kathryn Hume, AI Lead at Integrate AI. To get all the show links, visit our episode post: https://www.askai.org/post/what-is-artificial-intelligence-with-kathryn-hume